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Alamosa County Courthouse

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:01, last changed on 06/03/2020 - 01:07
The Alamosa County Courthouse, located at 702 Fourth Street in Alamosa , was built by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers between 1936 and 1938 to serve as an administrative and judicial headquarters for Alamosa County . The original structure included a jail, which was remodeled into...

Alpine Tunnel Historic District

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 14:47, last changed on 11/19/2019 - 12:25
At 11,612 feet, the Alpine Tunnel Historic District preserves what was once North America’s highest narrow-gauge railroad tunnel. Completed in 1881 a few miles northeast of the small town of Pitkin , the tunnel helped connect Denver with the silver mines of the Gunnison region via the Denver, South...

Churches Ranch

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 14:44, last changed on 05/11/2020 - 12:04
Originally established in 1863, Churches Ranch, also known as Long Lake Ranch Park, stands at 17999 West Sixtieth Avenue in Arvada . It is a typical example of a Ralston Valley farming and ranching operation. Churches Ranch is now owned by Denver Water , which maintains Ralston Reservoir and allows...

Bingham Rural Historic Landscape

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 14:36, last changed on 05/04/2020 - 10:12
Established in 1864, Bingham Rural Historic Landscape, also known as the Koeper-Doty Farm, stands at 49816 West Bingham Hill Road (CR50-E) in Bellvue , about five miles northwest of Fort Collins in unincorporated Larimer County . The property functioned as a successful farm for nearly a century and...

Bemis Hall

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 14:33, last changed on 10/04/2019 - 10:53
Constructed in 1908, Bemis Hall stands at 920 North Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs . A three-and-a-half story dormitory building located on the Colorado College campus, Bemis Hall is historically significant as an early example of a coeducational dormitory and for its distinctive architecture...

Astor House Hotel

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 11:36, last changed on 07/07/2020 - 13:41
The Astor House Hotel stands at 822 Twelfth Street in the City of Golden . Built in 1867, the Astor House remains Colorado’s oldest standing hotel and an enduring reminder of Colorado’s commercial development. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Astor House served several changing...

All Souls Unitarian Church

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 16:38, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
Completed in 1893, All Souls Unitarian Church—now known as All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church—stands at 730 North Tejon Street in Colorado Springs . Located close to the Colorado College campus, the church is notable for its distinctive Shingle architectural style and its association with the...

Eads Community Church

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 16:35, last changed on 10/29/2019 - 11:27
Located at the intersection of Eleventh and Goff Streets in Eads , the Eads Community Church is the oldest, largest, and best-preserved religious building in Kiowa County . Construction on the building began in 1923 under William Stickney, but it was not completed until 1951 when John James Wallace...

Cardinal Mill

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 16:14, last changed on 05/30/2020 - 01:07
Located about two miles west of Nederland in western Boulder County , the Cardinal Mill processed gold, silver, and tungsten ore from its parent mine, the Boulder County Tunnel, as well as other local mines between 1902 and 1942. The Cardinal Mill was an essential part of the area’s tungsten boom...

Jamaica Primary School

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 15:43, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
Jamaica Primary School is a midcentury elementary school designed by Atchison & Kloverstrom that opened in Aurora ’s Havana Park neighborhood in 1958. Part of a massive school-building effort by Aurora Public Schools to keep up with the city’s booming postwar population, Jamaica was intended to...

Cleora Cemetery

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 15:03, last changed on 05/07/2020 - 10:21
Cleora Cemetery is a historic four-and-a-half-acre burial ground located on a hill south of the Arkansas River about two miles southeast of downtown Salida . Originally associated with the short-lived town of Cleora, the cemetery received its first burials around 1880 and was the only cemetery in...

Colorado Building

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 15:00, last changed on 05/30/2020 - 01:07
The Colorado Building at 409 North Main Street in Pueblo was built in 1925 on the site of the former Grand Opera House. The four-story rectangular building housed many of Pueblo’s major artistic and commercial outfits throughout the twentieth century, including the Publix Theater, the Southern...

Petticrew Stage Stop

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 14:43, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
Surrounded by prairie grass and juniper, the Petticrew Stage Stop stands approximately twenty-five miles south of Lamar in Prowers County . Built in the early 1890s by John L. Petticrew, the building served as a stop between Lamar and Springfield , providing travelers with a place to eat and...

Lands End Observatory

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 14:36, last changed on 05/29/2020 - 01:07
Perched on the edge of Grand Mesa in western Colorado’s Mesa County , the Lands End Observatory was built in 1936–37 and gives visitors a spectacular view of the Gunnison and Grand River Valleys, the Uncompahgre Plateau, the San Juan Mountains , and the La Sal Mountains in Utah. Construction for...

Teller House

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 13:54, last changed on 05/05/2020 - 18:29
Built in 1871–72 by brothers Henry M. Teller and Willard Teller, the Teller House is one of the oldest and most important buildings in Central City . It has served as the town’s main hotel for more than sixty years. The four-story brick hotel played host to Central City’s most important visitors,...

Mesa Schoolhouse

Added by yongli on 05/21/2018 - 13:36, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
The bright-red Mesa Schoolhouse, located off US 40 about two miles south of Steamboat Springs , is among the oldest examples of a one-story wood-frame school building still standing in Colorado. Built in 1916 by Arthur Gumprecht, the schoolhouse served Routt County School District #13 until 1959,...

State Bridge

Added by yongli on 12/21/2017 - 13:24, last changed on 04/17/2020 - 08:25
State Bridge spans the Colorado River along Highway 131 in Eagle County and was originally constructed in 1890. Built with state funding, the bridge helped promote growth by providing the only east–west transportation link across the state that was open year-round. The original truss bridge was...

Sisyphus Shelter Archaeological Site

Added by yongli on 12/21/2017 - 13:21, last changed on 10/08/2019 - 13:37
The Sisyphus Shelter Archaeological Site was an Archaic period (5500 BCE–150 CE) rockshelter on the northwest side of the Colorado River between Parachute and De Beque . Before the shelter was destroyed by the construction of Interstate 70 , it was excavated in 1979–80 by John Gooding and other...

El Pomar Estate

Added by yongli on 12/11/2017 - 15:47, last changed on 12/05/2019 - 01:07
The El Pomar Estate at 1661 Mesa Avenue in Colorado Springs was originally built in 1909 as a private residence for Grace Goodyear Depew. Following her death, prominent Colorado businessman and philanthropist Spencer Penrose purchased and improved the estate. Penrose died in 1939 and the estate was...

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Added by yongli on 12/11/2017 - 15:34, last changed on 04/02/2020 - 01:07
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 30 West Dale Street was built in 1936 as a community center for the visual and performing arts. Originally designed by John Gaw Meem using a mix of Pueblo Revival and Art Deco styles, the Fine Arts Center houses art galleries, teaching facilities, art...

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