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The McLaughlin Block was built in 1891 in the Victorian Eclectic style with Romanesque features. The building was erected in dedication to Michael McLaughlin, who died in 1888. Originally constructed as a multi-purpose building, it contained a hotel and in the...
One of the oldest surviving reminders of century-old natural springs tourism in Manitou Springs. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a Local Landmark, and a Save America’s Treasures Project, the spa retains original murals, marble floors, and a...
Numerous communities abutting, sometimes straddling I-70 in the Clear Creek Valley from Idaho Springs to Graymont, attest to the 19th and early 20th century history of mineral, milling, timber, and railroad industries in Colorado. Idaho Springs has been designated a...
The Luigi Gianella Building, also known as the Aguilar State Bank building, represents the success of a southern Colorado community and its mostly European immigrants to control their own affairs, outside the paternalistic company town model of the time. Aguilar is...
Several of the buildings that anchor the 4th Street Business District date to the town’s incorporation date of 1874. Serving as the trade and business center for much of the historic San Luis Valley, Saguache represents both in history and in architectural...
The Emma Store is one of the most important surviving historic commercial resources in the Roaring Fork Valley and a rare reminder of the once-thriving town of Emma. Located along Highway 82 between Basalt and Aspen, the brick store buildings stand as visible...
The architecturally rich El Corazon de Trinidad Distinctive Commercial District, made up of much of the central and southern downtown area of Trinidad, Colorado, has experienced a remarkable level of revitalization and renewed vitality over the past 5-7 years and is...
A once common, but rapidly disappearing, feature of many downtowns across the state of Colorado is the underground entrances to the lower levels of historic commercial buildings. Some of these below-sidewalk-grade entrances are accessible by stairwells as well as from...
Greeley’s Downtown Development Authority was created in 1998 and nominated Greeley as one of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places due to threats brought about as a result of economic deterioration, urban growth to the west, and a high vacancy rate of its downtown...