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Former school for handicapped children located in Downtown Denver. On the National and State Registers of Historic Places and a Denver Local Landmark. Evans School was designated a Denver Local Landmark in 2001, and since that time, the owners have nearly completed an...
After relocating from Wyoming, the family of Samuel and Sarah Shaffer settled on 35 acres of land along Elk Creek, where the stagecoach route crossed, about 35 miles southwest of Denver. At what became known as Shaffer’s Crossing, four of Samuel Shaffer’s...
The East Portal Camp Cabins, constructed between 1922 and 1923 at the eastern entrance to the Moffat Tunnel in Gilpin County, represent the last intact remnants of a purpose-built industrial community created to support one of the most consequential transportation...
Located on the grounds of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, the Deputy Warden’s House is an unmistakable architectural landmark in Cañon City. Designed by architect C.C. Rittenhouse in the Queen Anne Style, the house was built in 1901 for $7,500 using...
Colorado’s gold-plated Capitol Dome is an iconic symbol of unparalleled historical significance in the state. Originally intended by architect Elijah E. Myers to be copper-plated, the citizenry of Colorado demanded something grander and more fitting for their...
Columbian Elementary School was once one of Las Animas’s most distinctive historic educational buildings and an important reminder of both the community’s school history and southeastern Colorado’s regional architectural traditions. Built in 1917 to replace the...
The Craig Depot is an example of the architectural style of the early 1900s. The Moffat Line and the Craig Depot served as the hub of activity for the transportation of livestock, coal, supplies, and people to and from an isolated area. The railroad depot was the...
Crossan’s Market, built in 1903, is an excellent and remarkably intact example of a small-town mercantile building that reflects the development of Yampa and the surrounding agricultural economy. For generations, it served the community with everything from groceries...
On the National Register of Historic Places, the school was built in 1911 and met the educational needs of the community for almost fifty years. The building is reported to be the last remaining rural brick schoolhouse in Weld County. The Daniels family immigrated to...