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The Ross-Broadway Branch Library opened in its current location on October 26, 1951. Architect Victor Hornbein designed the building with an eye toward functional symmetry in a modified version of the Prairie School style made popular by Frank Lloyd Wright. The beautifully constructed building features specially made, deep-red bricks, glass-curtain walls, and a children’s section with custom-built reading benches.
Ross-Broadway was the first permanent branch structure constructed with funds from real-estate developer Frederick R. Ross, a member of the Denver Public Library Commission for 32 years. He established a trust that funded construction of Ross-University Hills, Ross-Barnum, Ross-Cherry Creek Branch Libraries, in addition to Ross-Broadway.
To find this geocache:
- Go to the coordinates listed.
- Come inside. Note the beautiful red and green glass squares and rectangles in each set of windows.
- Count the colored panes of glass in the bank of windows above the circulation desk. Remember that number. Note the structural I-beams throughout the perimeter inside the library.
- Stand inside the library facing the front door. Going clockwise, using the number you discovered in step 3, count out that number of structural I-beams.
This cache series would not be possible without the enthusiastic and supportive help of the staff at the Denver Public Library. Be sure to visit the other geocaches in this series and collect the special code at each final for future surprises. A bookmark of the other caches in this series can be found here.