Collyer Park
COLLYER PARK - 1871
This is one of three parks shown on the original square-mile plot of Longmont. It is named for Robert Collyer, Chicago minister, temperance leader and president of the Chicago-Colorado colony which founded the city. Although Collyer never set foot in Longmont, his leadership helped shape the original city.
On Arbor Day in 1884, local citizens cleaned the park and planted trees, some of which remain today. A brick bandstand was built in the middle of the park in the 1920's and was the site of summer concerts until razed in 1969.
Historic Eastside Neighborhood
1999