Old Boulder Estate of an Alpineer, Mineralogist, Train Enthusiast, & Book

Own a piece of history when you shop this estate of a member of the Long family, best known for Long's Gardens, a famous iris garden in North Boulder. The family patriarch, JD Long, moved to Colorado in 1898 and purchased a variety store in downtown Boulder in 1905. After expanding its seed department, he eventually created the mail order JD Long Seed Company. The seed store remained in downtown Boulder for many years. Meanwhile a place “just north of town” (the current location) was purchased in 1916 to propagate the seeds and bulbs sold in the downtown store. In...