Colorado Preservation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization, Federal Tax number 74-2403583
The Arkansas River Bridge in Chaffee County is a 1937 steel deck truss bridge carrying US 24 over the Arkansas River. It is a preservation-priority historic bridge and an important surviving example of steel deck truss construction in Colorado.
Every small town has its gathering place where memories live on long after the lights go out. For Buena Vista, that place is the Pearl Theater. Before the popcorn and the projector lights, this building served as a mercantile. Built in the 1880s, it sold everything...
After a devastating fire in 1888 destroyed more than 30 buildings in Salida, a group of local businessmen organized an Opera Association and spent $30,000 to construct the Salida Opera House. The building was dedicated on January 1, 1889, at which point the local...
This homestead ranch has been continuously owned and operated by the Hutchinson family since its establishment in 1868 by John Hutchinson, a Union Army Captain who also served as a representative in the territorial legislature. One of the oldest cattle ranches in the...