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Designated a Local Landmark by Ouray County and listed on the State Register of Historic Properties, the Colona School is significant for its unique setting in the agrarian landscape, as well as for its role in the education and social history of the area. In addition...
Designed to be the cultural and governmental hub of Denver, Civic Center is one of the nation’s finest and most intact examples of City Beautiful-style park design. At the civic heart of Denver, this spacious plaza, surrounded by monuments, public structures, and...
The Christian Science Church was constructed at the turn of the 20th century as a saloon and bowling hall. The property was converted to a church in the early 1900s. Located within Victor’s downtown National Register Historic District, this rare...
Agricultural communities have formed the backbone of Colorado’s Eastern Plains since the late 1880s. The towns and cities have endured droughts, harsh winters, relentless winds, population changes, and economic depressions. But the one thing that has remained...
Designed by noted architect Frederick Mountjoy (Rocky Mountain Bank Note Co Building, Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction, Del Norte High School, St. Ignatious Loyola Church, etc.) the nearly 50,000 square foot Central Platoon School is a prominent and beautiful...
Located in the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, the land that comprised Brown’s Sheep Camp was first purchased by Samuel Taylor Brown in 1882. Brown’s business partner and eventual son-in-law was Julius Gunter, who is best known as Colorado’s 21st Governor. Governor Gunter...
One of the threats facing many historic schools is the tendency for communities to build new public school campuses far from the center of town, typically in outer-ring suburbs. Older neighborhood schools are abandoned, often without a new use in sight. The...
Located at the south end of Main Street in Central City’s National Historic Landmark District stands the famous Belvidere Theatre. Few buildings in town incorporate such a strong sense of place and community as this imposing structure. Now vacant and suffering from...
In 1878, the founder of Rocky Ford, G.W. Swink shared his bountiful watermelon crop with passengers at the Rocky Ford Depot and the Arkansas Valley Fiar began. Today, the Arkansas Valley Fairgrounds hosts Colorado’s oldest continuous fair. The Adobe Stables were...