CANON CITY - Key Persons


Anson Rudd House

Built in 1881, the Anson Rudd House served as a retirement home for Anson Rudd and his wife Harriet. It was a major improvement from their cabin next door. The Rudds lived in the wood cabin for over twenty years before building this two-story stone house. The house originally had a daylight basement and a porch across the back of the house. Anson and Harriet occupied the house until they moved to Boulder to live with their son in 1904. The house was then rented out and served as a boarding house. In 1918, the property was given to the City of Cañon City with the condition that the Rudd cabin be restored. The house became a residence of various City employees until 1974. The following year the house was remodeled to serve as a historic house museum. The City of Cañon City is working to rehabilitate the house to the historical period it was constructed. We hope to have it open to the public in the future. Both the Rudd Cabin and the Rudd House are listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Places.

Beth Katchmar

Job Titles:
  • Resident Representative / Bill Bradford - Development Representative

Bill Bradford

Job Titles:
  • Resident Representative / Bill Bradford - Development Representative

Blake Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Conservation / Recreation Representative

Brandi Sheets

Job Titles:
  • Grant Writer

Brian Ledoux


Brownfield Grant

Job Titles:
  • EPA

Chris Freehling


Clark, Gary L. - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Clement, DeeDee


Daniel Dick


Dean Brady

Job Titles:
  • Agricultural / Ditch Representative

DeeDee Clement


Dick, Daniel


Doug Koehn

Job Titles:
  • Representative
  • Resident

Dustin Maas


Eugene Groves

Job Titles:
  • Denver Architect
Denver architect Eugene Groves designed the building. He also was the architect of the former Cañon City High School (currently Cañon City Middle School), the Administration Building at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado, just to name a few. The Municipal Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Properties.

Freehling, Chris


Gary Clark


Gerald Meloni - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

John Hamrick

Job Titles:
  • City Council
  • Representative

Kirk Suther


Ledoux, Brian


Maas, Dustin


Meloni, Gerald - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Patrick Mulready

Job Titles:
  • City Planner

Randy Smith

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair

Rick Harrmann

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Manager

Smith, Randy

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair

Suther, Kirk


Tim Dennehy

Job Titles:
  • City Council
  • Representative

Tim Payne

Job Titles:
  • Resident Representative / Commissioner Dwayne McFall - County Commission Representative

Travis Payne

Job Titles:
  • Water Superintendent