Dec 18, 2009 · The proposal by a private citizen’s group to re-create Union Station’s legendary Mizpah Arch — the towering, lit-up, metal gate that welcomed rail travelers to Denver decades …

Oct 6, 2022 · The Mizpah Arch. The grandest and most breathtaking of the Station’s lost treasures, the Mizpah Arch can be glimpsed now only in early-20th century archival snapshots.

Constructed at a cost of $22,500 with 70 tons of steel and over 2,000 light bulbs, the arch originally featured the word "Welcome" on both sides. The elevation facing 17th Street was …

Apr 5, 2019 · As a tribute to Denver citizens, in 1906 the city erected what became known as the “Mizpah Arch” over the Seventeenth Street entrance to the station. When Mayor Robert Speer …

Dec 24, 2007 · In 1906, Denver's Famous Mizpah Arch was built in front of Union Station on 17th Street between Wynkoop and Wazee Streets. The 70-ton bronze-coated, steel gateway …

The arch was a 65-foot-high, 85-foot-wide gateway structure with 2,194 light bulbs, and served as Denver’s “frontdoor.” In 1908 the Wynkoop Street side was changed to “MIZPAH,” a Hebrew …

Feb 17, 2012 · In 1906 work was completed on the Mizpah Arch in front of the Denver Union Station, a time when about 80 trains a day traveled through the depot and long before the air …

1906: Welcome Arch dedicated. In 1908, it was renamed the “Mizpah Arch,” which is Hebrew for “May God be with you until we meet again.” The Arch was 70 tons of steel, 65 feet tall, 86 feet …

Denver's Welcome Arch, also known as the Mizpah Arch, stood for years a century ago outside Denver's Union Station at 17th and Wynkoop Streets.

Sep 10, 2024 · In 1906, Denver Mayor Robert Speer dedicated a new “Welcome Arch” (also known as the Mizpah Arch) constructed in front of Denver Union Station to greet travelers. …