Aspen Community Church, Methodist church in Aspen, United States.
Aspen Community Church is a church building in Richardsonian Romanesque style standing at the corner of East Bleeker and North Aspen Street, marked by thick stone walls and arched features. Inside are original oak pews, stained glass windows, and a large pipe organ installed during recent restoration work.
The building was constructed in 1890 during Colorado's silver mining boom and was originally designed for a Presbyterian congregation. Over the decades it became part of the town's fabric and served various communities.
The Aspen Daily Times first likened the church to a fortress or castle, a comparison still heard locally. Each summer it hosts two children's music camps and is used by the Aspen Music Festival for recitals; its programs also include yoga and a mission to Kenya.
The church stands at the northeast corner of East Bleeker and North Aspen streets, one block north of Main Street (State Highway 82), just outside downtown Aspen. The surrounding blocks are mostly residential, with a large commercial plaza a block north on East Hallam Street. The terrain slopes gently toward the Roaring Fork River.
The cornerstone vault holds a Bible, a Presbyterian newspaper, Aspen newspapers and a list of church officers and construction workers, placed there when the building was dedicated in 1891. The round stained glass window facing Bleeker Street was added in the 1960s, unlike the other original windows.
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