NEWCASTLE Walk About Town HISTORIC TOUR
2018 Weston County Museum District NEWCASTLE Walk About Town 2018 HISTORIC TOUR Prologue...... 2 Anna Miller Museum 401 Delaware Ave...... 3 Novak/Miller Cabin Museum Complex...... 4 Green Mountain Schoolhouse Museum Complex...... 5 Jenney Stockade Cabin Museum Complex...... 6 National Guard Armory 431 Delaware Ave...... 7 Greenwood Cemetery Across from Armory...... 8 Joe LeFors Home 28 E. Winthrop...... 9 The Horton House 17 S. Summit Ave...... 10 Weston County Courthouse 1 W. Main St...... 11 Weston County Library 23 W. Main St...... 12 The House of Blazes 111 W. Main St...... 13 Dogie Theater 111 W. Main St...... 14 First United Methodist Church 23 W. Main St...... 15 Kilpatrick Bros. Commissary 205 W. Main St...... 16 Hanging of Diamond L Slim 301 W. Main St...... 17 Weston County Bank 204 W. Main St...... 18 The Nichols Block 102 W. Main St...... 18 Post Office 24 W. Main St...... 19 Chinese Immigrants 12 S. Sumner...... 20 Corpus Christi Catholic Church 19 W. Winthrop...... 21 Christ Church Episcopal 310 S. Summit...... 22 Weston County Flying V Trail Library 8.6 miles north Weston County on Highway 85 N SonoraCourthouse Ave
Acley Ave E Cambria Grandview Dr Boxelder St Wayside St Weyrich Dr N Wood St N Summit Ave
Spruce St N Sumner Ave 85 Williams Ave Williams Timber Ave Wood St E Warwick St Donielson Dr N Clark Ave N Sonora Ave
Springfield Ave Hope Cir Hope
Schroder Cir S Wood St Ave Pine
E Wentworth Rd
Willard Ave Roby Ave Christensen St
WalkerAve W Cambria St W Cambria St Sikes Dr McArthur St Walden Ave W Cambria St N Seneca Ave Serenity Trail W Railroad St S Sonora Ave E Main St 2 miles north Carter Ave Boulder Ave
Grove Ave on Highway 85 N Railroad St Ave Elm
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Weston JuniperAve Theater County Skyline Dr Walker St Musser Rd
1st Ave Senior Mystic Pine St Center S Pine St Tom Horn Ln W Main St Birch St Wakefield S Railway Ave
Sunset St 4th Ave 16
Hillside St Huston Ave Huston West Rd Maple St
Q Forest Hill Way Hill Forest W Wentworth St u N Park Dr N Park Dr
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W Hill St York St Aspen Ave W Main St Fountain Plaza Rd
Stampede St Newcastle Black Elk Pond High School Ranch W Park St Anna Howell St Crystal Park Rd Just off Main Street, south Market Rd Miller Deanne Ave of Short Stop Gas Station 16 Museum Casper Ave Ave Delaware Newcastle Park St
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Middle School 16 Lee St Elk Mountain Rd
S Summit Ave 16 Winfield St
Cheyenne Ave Divide Ave Divide
Boyd Ave Little Oil Creek Jewel Cave 25 miles east on Highway 16 S Summit Ave Poplar St Taft St Newcastle Sheridan St Country Club 16 Round Bonnie B rae Ave up Ave
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FayeAve Cedar Dr Union Rd Ash St Sage St Fr ontier Ave Weston County Old US Highway 85 Gray Blvd
Fairgrounds Cascade AveHigh land Ave 1 85 Cedar St.
Oak St PROLOGUE
Downtown Newcastle has been designated as a National Historic Commercial District through the efforts of the Weston County Historic Preservation Board. Two of the buildings included in the historic district are also themselves on the National Register of Historic Places. These two buildings are the Weston County Courthouse, built in 1910- 1911, and the United States Post Office, built in 1933. Both of these buildings are still being used for their original purposes.
The image below shows one of Newcastle’s truly historic events, never to be forgotten. On May 25, 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt visited Newcastle. From an elaborate platform built for the occasion, the President gave a speech to hundreds of local fans. The platform was built at the i