The Faivre Building
Dennis Faivre (1827-1887) was born in Pennsylvania, caught gold fever in 1859 and built the Currier and Faivre Mill in 1860 near Black Hawk. He returned East to get his family and came to Idaho Springs in 1862 where he opened the first dry goods store in the district near the present- day Safeway Store. The building now known as “Big Pink” was constructed during the summer of 1880. A double-wide” business block. At the same time Jacob Bloom, later Bloom and Noxon, added a second story to his building (Lot 5, the western portion of Big Pink). Faivre’s original grocery store on this location was a small wooden structure, replaced with this brick building once the Colorado Central Railroad arrived in town, providing better access to building materials and more clientele. Faivre became one of the leading merchants in Idaho Springs. Through the years the buildings have been used as grocery stores, hardware, paint and wallpaper businesses, plumbing supplies, and etc. “Faivre’s Brick Block underwent extensive restoration in the early 1980s.
1634-36 Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado
