Education
Bent County High School-Las Animas Middle School-Las Animas Junior High School
Valmont School
Divided into two rooms with a removable door, the School held grades up to the 9th year. The lower grades shared a room, while the higher grades shared the other. Students came from all directions, and many rode horses and ponies that were kept in a small shelter...
Garcia School
The Garcia School was one of 11 initial adobe schools built in Costilla County before consolidation in 1963 and is one of the last structurally sound adobe buildings in the area known as the Plaza de los Manzanares, dating back to 1849. The perfectly square building...
Georgetown School
The Georgetown School was built in 1874 and is believed to be one of Colorado’s oldest extant brick schoolhouse buildings. The structure is located within the Georgetown and Silver Plume National Historic Landmark District and was nominated to the Endangered Places...
Given Institute
Surrounded by heritage trees on a multiple-acre lot that overlooks the Hallam Lake Nature Preserve in Aspen, the Given Institute was a modernist architectural masterpiece designed by the renowned Chicago Architect Harry Weese. Best known for designing the Washington...
Evans School
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...
Columbian Elementary School
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...
Daniels School
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...