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Photograph of Jewish Consumptive Relief Society
Photograph by Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish Consuptives' Relief Society

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis patients in Lakewood, Colorado. Founded in 1904, the sanatorium campus was also home to the first synagogue in Jefferson County, Colorado.”

Wikipedia article Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1980 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. 6401 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, 80214
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Northeast Jefferson
  • National Register reference number. 80000905 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1,696 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,696 fires within 5 miles of Jewish Consuptives' Relief Society between 2003 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 42 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1450
Equipment and vehicle use48
Arson/incendiarism42
Smoking40
Recreation and ceremony32
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Fireworks17
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersARVADA
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Jewish Consuptives' Relief Society: 17 past producers, 7 producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Sodium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allied Chemical CorpSulfurProducer
Rodger Steele ClaimUraniumProspect
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
Cooley Gravel Co. PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer1951, 1964
Denver Brick & Pipe Co.ClayProducer
Lakewood PlantClayProducer
Mexican DiggingsGoldPast Producer1858
Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1ClayProducer
Strainland MineClayProducer
Swadley PlacersGoldPast Producer1858, 1859

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

59 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 48 hail, 4 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004LightningLakewood1 killed, 4 hurtA father and son practicing on the driving range at the Meadows Golf Club were were struck by lightning. The father was killed by the bolt and his 16-yr old was son seriously injured. Three others standing nearby received only minor injuries.
July 2019Flash FloodLakewood1 killedA woman was swept away in flash flooding. Rescue crews searched Lakewood Gulch, after the report of a person in the water near West 12th Avenue and Miller Street. Her body was found in 10 ft of water the following day along Lakewood Gulch near West 12th Avenue and Lee Street.
June 1996LightningLakewood1 hurtno account filed
August 1997Flash FloodLakewood$128,000,000Large hail, strong winds and torrential rain hammered portions of Lakewood and South Denver. Nearly 1 inch of rain fell in the span of 10 minutes in South Denver with a storm total of 1.81 inches reported. Street flooding was extensive as gutters and other drainage systems in the area were clogged by hail, piled several inches deep, as well as other debris. In addition, extensive damage to cars, homes and businesses was reported as strong thunderstorm winds to 50 mph and large hail accompanied the heavy rain. Several trees were downed by the strong winds and trees stripped of their leaves by the hail. A water lily exhibition on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens was heavily damaged. Final estimates of the damage included $60 million to automobiles with another $68 million to homes and businesses.
June 2012LightningLakewood$20,000Lightning struck a home in Lakewood and caused extensive electrical damage.
June 2025HailLakewood-Report from mping.
June 2025HailLakewood-Report from mping.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLakewood-Tree branches up to one inch in diameter were snapped.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLakewood-Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down near 6th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd. At least five cars were damaged.
June 2023HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2023HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLakewood-no account filed
July 2019HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2018HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2017HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2017HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2017HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2017HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2016HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2016HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2016HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2014HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2014HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2014HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2014HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2014HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2012HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2011HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2011HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2011HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2011HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2009HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2009HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2009HailLakewood-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLakewood-no account filed
August 2008HailLakewood-no account filed
April 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
April 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2006HailLakewood-no account filed
April 2005HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2004HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2004HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2004HailLakewood-no account filed
June 2004HailLakewood-no account filed
August 2002HailLakewood-no account filed
May 2001HailLakewood-no account filed
June 1999HailLakewood-no account filed
May 1998HailLakewood-no account filed
August 1997HailLakewood-no account filed
August 1997HailLakewood-no account filed
June 1997HailLakewood-no account filed
May 1996HailLakewood-no account filed
July 1996HailLakewood-no account filed
July 1996LightningLakewood-no account filed
August 1996FloodLakewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Richards Mansion1.0 miles1977
Crown Hill Burial Park1.5 miles2008
Tower of Memories1.7 miles1987
Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner1.9 miles1997
Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center3.4 miles1999
Denver and Intermountain Railroad Interurban No. 253.4 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000905 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 83 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.