Historic Preservation Month

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published May. 31, 2023

  Phase one of Cardiff coke ovens project commences

  (Left to right) Bill Kight (Glenwood Springs Historical Society), Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky, Glenwood Springs Mayor Pro Tem Marco Dehm, City Manager Beverli Marshall, Mayor Ingrid Wussow, Shelly Kaup (city council), Carolyn Cipperly, Angie Anderson (Glenwood Chamber of Commerce) and Andres Borunda with History Colorado-State Historical Fund — all smile for the cameras beneath the Cardiff Coke Ovens. Photo by James Steindler

  Just in time for the outset of Historic Preservation Month, on Wednesday, May 24, stakeholders gathered for a ribbon cutting to mark the launch of phase one of the Cardiff Coke Ovens Stabilization Project.

  The Cardiff Coke Ovens south of Glenwood Springs were built in the 1880s, but it wasn’t… read more →