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Kilroy's Castle ViewType: Traditional | Size: Small 
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| Terrain: By: dustyriver @ | Hide Date: 03/21/2018 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 50.919 W105° 01.784 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2 A quick Park-N-Grab, be respectiful of area.. No need to cross/climb and fances. Easily available from street. Starting life in 1890 with dreams of becoming "The Princeton of the West" when Henry T. Mayham received approval to build a Presbyterian university on his land atop a hill overlooking the valley. Architect E.B. Gregory designed and laid the cornerstone for the university's main building, which was to be constructed of gray stone from the Coal Creek area. Construction was delayed because of lack of funding, so Mayham hired architect Stanford White to finish the design and oversee construction. White changed a main design element, the stone, to a red sandstone from the Red Rocks/Manitou area. White's design was completed by 1893. (160 ft frontage, 80 ft depth, three stories tall, with a distinctive 175 ft tall tower) Although the construction was completed in 1893, the doors of Westminster University did not open until September 17, 1908. Mayham's persistent fund-raising paid off when the first 60 students began classes in 1908. Tuition was $50 per year and included indoor plumbing. 1911 saw some changes to the city in which the University was located. The town, formerly known as Harris (for an early settler), incorporated and changed their name to Westminster, in honor of Westminster University. In 1915, the Board of Trustees made the decision to exclude women from the University. Just two years later, they found themselves with no enrollment because all of the young men had gone to fight in World War I. The Presbyterian University closed its doors in 1917, never to realize its dream of becoming the Princeton of the West. After the devastating closure and three-year abandonment it was purchased by Bishop Alma Bridwell White of the White nationalist Pillar of Fire Church in January of 1920. Included in the sale was the main college building, 45 acres (180,000 m2) of land, a power plant, and two houses. The state of the buildings left the church with shattered windows, cracked walls, and broken plaster were the main structural complaints, but the once regal building had become a glorified barn with thousands of chickens in the basement and farm machinery on the first floor. The Westminster University reopened to students on September 7, 1920, just eight months after the purchase. Within six years of opening, the school, now known as Belleview Schools, had received its educational accreditation and was ready for decades of education. It’s no secret that Alma White (The woman who helped purchase the building in 1920) held close ties to the KKK. In the late 1920s the campus was frequently used for Ku Klux Klan meetings and cross burnings. But in 1997, the Pillar of Fire Church, the school's owner and parent organization, repudiated its historical association with the Klan. Today, the Belleview Christian Schools still reside on the Westminster University campus. All teaching happens in newer buildings to the west of the main build, on the campus. The historic main building which was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The building is also the home of KPOF AM91 Radio, Colorado's first station to broadcast in HD Radio. = Facts verified via multiple sources when possible =
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