Castle Rock museum hosts kid's day craft fair on June 13

The setting mattered as much as the activity. The Castle Rock Museum is housed in the historic Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, built in 1875, and the Town of Castle Rock says the building helps visitors relive nearly 150 years since the town’s inception. In a community that now has more than 87,000 residents, the museum serves as a direct link to the smaller settlement that began when Jeremiah Gould donated 120 acres in 1874, the first six streets were laid out and 77 lots were auctioned for $3,400.

Castle Rock’s downtown gives that history additional weight. The town describes Downtown Castle Rock as the community’s heart, noting that some of its earliest buildings were made of locally quarried rhyolite stone and that three downtown buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A craft fair inside the museum fits that landscape by placing children inside one of the town’s core heritage institutions instead of asking them to encounter local history only on a sign or screen.

The museum’s Kid’s Day Craft Fair also matched the town’s broader approach to programming, which the Town of Castle Rock describes as educational, community engagement focused, hands-on, kid-friendly and informational. The June 13 event appeared on the town calendar alongside other community programming, underscoring how Castle Rock uses small-format events to keep families moving through the historic core.