A Colorado Preservation SnapShot

Take a Closer Look at the Well Hotel & Taproom in Trinidad, Colorado.

The Bloom Block in Trinidad, Colorado circa 1940s.Photo byColorado Preservation, Inc.

The Bloom Block, Well Hotel & Taproom, in Trinidad, Colorado.Photo byColorado Preservation, Inc.

The Well Hotel & Taproom formerly known as the “Bloom Block,” was built in 1888 by Frank Bloom. The interior was recently renovated and is now a hotel and self-serve taproom in Trinidad. Colorado Preservation is helping to preserve the building’s historic Main Street façade.

Colorado Preservation, Inc. promotes historic preservation statewide through advocacy, education, outreach and preservation services to communities and individuals with a vision to inspire citizens statewide to honor and protect their heritage, build a sustainable future with historic places and prioritize the past as legacy for generations to come.

The Well Hotel & Taproom is a recently renovated hotel and self-serve taproom in historic downtown Trinidad, Colorado. However, the Main Street façade needs preservation help. It has colorfully painted masonry on the second level and on the masonry cornice along the entire Main Street facade. The second story windows are large metal panels with foliate brackets, arched molding and shell ornaments with scrolls. Below the windows are stone panels with floral ornaments. There are six aluminum picture windows on the second story on the Main Street side and metal storefront windows, neither of which are original to the building. A yellow-brick veneer and mid-century aluminum storefront remains at ground level.

Originally, the store front had tall glass and ornamental steel windows and a row of clerestory windows arrayed above them. The second floor featured 2-over-2 double-hung wood windows. After a fire in the adjacent masonic building damaged the Bloom Block’s upper story in 1904, it was converted into a hotel with 12-rooms, described as “the most desirable rooms for light housekeeping to be had in the city.” In 1931, Frank Bloom sold the building to George Joseph, a merchant who lived on the second floor. The ground floor housed several retail businesses. From 1985 to 2021, Joe Terry owned the building and made basic improvements, but the façade is in need of restoration.

Colorado Preservation is helping to preserve this building’s historic Main Street façade. For more information, visit www.coloradopreservation.org.