page_title: George M. Randall (bishop)
section_title: Episcopate
hierarchical_section_title: George M. Randall (bishop) / Religious career / Episcopate
caption_attribution_description: English: Jarvis Hall in Golden, Colorado before it burned down in 1874
context_page_description: The Right Reverend George Maxwell Randall was the Episcopal bishop of Missionary District of Colorado and Parts Adjacent.
context_section_description: Randall was consecrated as Missionary Bishop of the Missionary District of Colorado and Parts Adjacent in Trinity Church, Boston, on December 28, 1865, by Presiding Bishop John Henry Hopkins, assisted by Bishops Benjamin Smith and Manton Eastburn, among others.  His jurisdiction originally contained the territories of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.  In 1866, Montana and Idaho were removed, while New Mexico was added to the district.  Upon arriving in Colorado, he helped establish Calvary Church in Golden.
  Noting the lack of higher education in the territory, he also helped established the Colorado University Schools which included a school of mines (which later became the state-run Colorado School of Mines), the Jarvis Hall secondary school, and the Matthews Hall school of theology. George A. Jarvis, the largest contributor to the territorial activities of Bishop Randall, donated funds for the development of Wolfe Hall, an Episcopal school for girls in Denver. It was located at Champa and 17th Street. John D. Wolfe of New York, the second largest donor and the namesake for Wolfe Hall, which was built by 1871.  Bishop Randall lived there with his wife.
caption: Jarvis Hall (on the left) and Matthews Hall in Golden, Colorado before 1874
exif: {"Image Copyright": "Golden History Museums, City of Golden, Dan Abbott Collection, 2013.056.030"}