2418 Pine St. - Charles and Georgia Moseley

Georgia Moseley lived at 2418 Pine Street for many years with her large family. She married Charles Moseley after the death of his first wife, Amy. Charles was an 1884 charter member of the Allen Chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Church [Stop 22] where they were married.

Charles had two children with Amy--Mazie and George. After Amy passed away and Charles married Georgia, they had more children—nine children altogether. Take a look of the third photo above of the children above. That was a lot of children for a 1207 square foot house! The house had a vernacular wood- frame construction. It was very simple with what some called “folk” architecture. The columns may be the same ones from when they lived there.

By 1900, Charles was “acting crazy,” and he would find himself in “strange” circumstances. In 1903 a Boulder County court declared him insane. He was sent to the asylum in Pueblo where he only lived another year before passing away. His remains were brought to Boulder, and he was buried in Columbia Cemetery.

This house stayed in the family for at least 80 more years. The children and grandchildren always called this home, and even though Georgia eventually moved to Chicago, she kept it in the family. However, in 1992 after being in the family for 106 years, her heirs lost the house for failure to pay the taxes.

Directions to Stop 18: Walk west on Pine Street to house number 2228.