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Washington Hall, a pale yellow two-story clapboard building with a flag and a gas lamp

Built 1862

Washington Hall

117 Eureka Street, Central City

Washington Hall in Central City is the oldest continually used public building in the state. The original Gilpin County courthouse and jail, it was built of hand-hewn square logs in 1862 (some of which are still visible in the staircase leading to the Art Gallery on the second floor). Washington Hall, a National Historic Site, is currently home to the Gilpin Historical Society’s Tour Office and the Gilpin County Arts Association’s gallery.

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Inside Washington Hall

  • An exhibit room with antique chairs on draped tables, a case of books and a sign reading The Police
    The exhibit room
  • The old county jail cell: stone walls and a wooden bunk with a mannequin prisoner
    The old county jail

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