Written in Stone
The Hinchman-Renton Co., Denver

The Hinchman-Renton Co.

Photo taken on
August 19, 2022
Location
Capitol Hill, Denver
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  • “Laid by K. W. Walker Concrete, Contractor, 2010” is encircled by a simple oval border with squared off ends.
  • Small, circular metal seal with some light patina
  • “Doug Hanson, Contractor (1963)” is encircled by a simple oval. Dappled light is scattered over the sidewalk.
  • "C C Co.," set in a serif face and stamped into the concrete. The letters are arranged like a monogram with the middle C slight larger than the others, and the "o" in "Co." nestled inside its "C"
  • Boyd Skelton
  • “R. A. Graves, 58” has been drawn into the concrete by hand in big square letters
  • “Morgan & Sons,” set in all-caps sans-serif, is stamped three times in the same sidewalk slab.
  • “Jones Const. Co., Denver, Colo., 1955” is set in an all-caps sans-serif, encircled by a squared-off oval

More by The Hinchman-Renton Co.

  • A deeply oxidized brass seal is entirely green with patina. It reads, “The Hinchman-Renton Co., Denver”.
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A gallery of sidewalks, and the stamps and seals left by the people who laid them.

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