Official Visitor Guide

The Tabor Opera House
308 Harrison Ave. • 719-486-8409
Built in 1879 by Horace Tabor, the opera house was
once billed as the finest theatre between St. Louis and
San Francisco, and had many famous people perform
on its stage including Harry Houdini, John Philip
Sousa, Oscar Wilde and Anna Held. No expense was
spared on the building and its furnishings. Around the
turn of the century there were 150 opera houses in the
State of Colorado; today there are only eight.
taboroperahouse.com
Museum open Fridays and Saturdays in July and Aug.
Healy House Museum
912 Harrison Ave. • 719-486-0487
Discover two of Leadville's earliest houses for a glimpse
of life in a booming silver-mining town. Dexter Cabin
and Healy House feature lavish Victorian furniture,
including objects belonging to Horace and Augusta
Tabor. You can have questions about Leadville
yesterday and today answered by the knowledgeable
staff and tour the Victorian garden.
bit.ly/Healy-House-Dexter-Cabin
Open daily, May 22-Oct.11, 10am-4:30pm.
Heritage Museum
102 E. 9th St. • 719-486-1878
Andrew Carnegie donated funds to Leadville for the
establishment of its first library, which is now the home
of the Heritage Museum. The museum houses a fine
collection of Leadville memorabilia—Victorian
furniture, mining and boomtown miscellany. View the
scale model replica of the world’s largest Palace of Ice
built in Leadville in 1896, the display of photographs and
mementos of the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale.
leadvilleheritagemuseum.com
Open daily 10am-5pm, May-Oct.
Temple Israel
201 W. 4th St • 303-709-7050 or 719-486-3625
Built in 1884, this is the oldest of the area's frontier
synagogues. After a fire in 2006, the building was
historically restored to near original condition and
now serves as a museum that documents life during
that era for Jewish pioneers.
jewishleadville.org. Open daily 10:30 am-6 pm May 15-Oct. 15, 2015.
Open by appointment year-round; call ahead to arrange a tour.
Tabor Home
116 East 5th St. • 719-486-7368
The home of Horace Tabor and his first wife, Augusta,
was built around 1877 and moved from its original site
on Harrison Avenue to its present location to make
room for the Tabor Opera House. Horace and Augusta
lived in the house until 1881 when Horace left Augusta
for his mistress Baby Doe and never regained his
prestige as a result. Augusta, Leadville's "First Lady,"
had great courage, superhuman endurance and unusual
business acumen. A dozen years after the sensational
divorce that broke her heart, she died a millionaire. In
that very same year, Horace Tabor was bankrupt.
Open May 23-Labor Day, Open Daily
House with the Eye Museum
127 W. 4th St. • 719-427-0895
Famed for its “eye,” the stained glass window tucked
under an arched eave, this is an example of
architectural whimsy popular in the late 1880s.
Visitors can see how more prominent Leadvillites
furnished their homes during the city’s
turn-of-the-century heyday. Amidst Victorian
furnishings are the original nooses from all of
Leadville’s legal hangings.
Open daily 10am-4pm in summer
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