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Brand Building

Hyman–Brand Building
A two-story light brown stone building on a street corner, with a narrow entrance facing the camera in the center of the image. It is lit by the sun from the left. There are storefronts along both sides at street level; all the windows on the second story . Above the main entrance is an awning with the word "Dior" on it, and above the second-story window a semicircular black plaque with "Brand Building, 1891, Aspen, Colorado" on it in gold letters. An American flag is on a pole above that. In the background is a rocky and forested ridgeline with some cleared areas.
East and north elevations, 2010
A map of Colorado showing county lines and major rivers. There is a red dot in the center of the western region of the state, in the middle of Pitkin County
A map of Colorado showing county lines and major rivers. There is a red dot in the center of the western region of the state, in the middle of Pitkin County
Location within Colorado
Location Aspen, CO
Coordinates 39°11′22″N 106°49′7″W / 39.18944°N 106.81861°W / 39.18944; -106.81861Coordinates: 39°11′22″N 106°49′7″W / 39.18944°N 106.81861°W / 39.18944; -106.81861
Built 1891
NRHP Reference # 85000085
Added to NRHP January 18, 1985

The Hyman–Brand Building, often referred to as just the Brand Building, is located at the corner of South Galena Street and East Hopkins Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a two-story stone building erected in the late 19th century. At different stages in the city's history, it was owned by an entrepreneur who used the building in a way that redefined the city for that time. In 1985, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was built by David Marks Hyman, one of the earliest investors in silver mining during Aspen's early years; it is the only building in Aspen he is known to have financed. Originally home to a bank, it was one of the largest commercial blocks built during the city's boomtown period. Later it was used for several car-related businesses, including a dealership and drive-through gas station in the corner where the bank lobby had once been. In 1971 local entrepreneur Harley Baldwin saved it from demolition, and along with the neighboring Collins Block later renovated it into an area now known as "Glitter Gulch". Today it is home to some upscale boutiques and art galleries.

The building is located at the southwest corner of the intersection, on the opposite corner from Aspen City Hall, also listed on the National Register. To the west along East Hopkins is another Register-listed property, the Collins Block. The neighborhood is urban and densely developed, with a mixture of historic and sympathetic modern two- and three-story commercial buildings predominating.

Structurally it has brick walls, faced in heavily rusticated peachblow sandstone. It is two stories in height. A single-bay clipped corner entrance divides two street facades, 12 bays on the Galena frontage and 10 on Hopkins.

Two full-height pilasters separate the corner bay and the two-bay portions on either side. Along Hopkins the next section is a single bay, then two each in the next three sections and another pilaster at the corner. The Galena facade has three in the next section, above the Gucci boutique. A narrow single bay is followed by two three-bay sections with the same treatment.


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