Healy House Museum was the Leadville, Colorado home built in 1878 by mining engineer and city father August R. Meyer for his bride, Emma. It was purchased in 1888 by Daniel Healy (1857-1912), who operated a boarding house with his cousin Nellie Healy. An immigrant from Ireland, Healy served Leadville as a mail carrier and later assistant postmaster. He subsequently started several successful businesses and represented Leadville in Colorado's state legislature from 1903 to 1905. After Daniel Healy had died in 1912, the house was given to his sister, nieces, and cousin Nellie Healy. Nellie continued to live in and operate the boarding house until 1936. She donated the house to the historical association in 1936 under the condition that the house be used to benefit the city. In 1938, Clara Gaw Norton oversaw restoration work at the house paid for through grant money from the Boettcher Foundation. Norton hoped to turn the Healy House into the city's first history museum. Healy House was listed on the

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in 1970. Currently it is a Colorado State Historic Site and is operated as a

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museum by the state under

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, together with Dexter Cabin. The two are located within the

Leadville Historic District The Leadville Historic District is in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. The National Historic Landmark District includes 67 mines in the mining district east of the city up to the 12,000 foot (3658 m) level, and a defined portion of the vi ...

, which is itself a

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. The restored house serves as an example of the "Elegant Eighties". with

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Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin
History Colorado
Historic Colorado Mansions and Castles
{{Registered Historic Places Houses completed in 1878 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Historic house museums in Colorado Museums in Lake County, Colorado History Colorado Houses in Lake County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Colorado Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Colorado Leadville Historic District