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The mall was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm I.M. Pei & Partners of New York. The main features of I.M. Pei’s design include polychromatic patterned granite pavers, wide sidewalks, and a central tree-lined corridor. The mall opened on...
Neon Signs of Colfax are vivid reminders of the avenue’s past life as the “Gateway to the Rockies.” During the mid-twentieth century, brightly lit and elaborately designed signs lined Colfax as motels, restaurants, lounges, and roadside businesses competed for the...
The Preston Farm was the first “save” on Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Most Endangered Places list. When first listed, the site was threatened by development along the Harmony Corridor in Fort Collins. Constructed in 1877, Preston Farm was the last...
When empires were built in a nationwide drive toward industrialism, John Cleveland Osgood constructed a forty-two-room castle, which he christened Cleveholm Manor as a testament to his achievements. Osgood formed the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company (CF&I), which...
The Leadville Mining District is an architectural testament to the silver boom in Colorado. It is arguably one of the most important cultural landscapes that remains from Colorado’s frontier mining days. The Leadville Mining District includes four stages of...
The Kit Carson Hotel served as an Important commercial building that was once the focal point for social, business, and civic activities in Arkansas Valley.
The Genesee Park Interchange in Jefferson County is a 1970 continuous steel box girder bridge carrying US 40 over I-70. Known as the “Picture Bridge,” it is significant as Colorado’s first continuous steel box girder bridge and a preservation-priority historic bridge.
Historic Bridges of Colorado highlights 23 preservation-priority bridges identified through Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Endangered Places Program and the Colorado Department of Transportation. These bridges represent the state’s transportation history, engineering innovation, and long-term preservation planning for historic bridge resources.
Constructed in 1959 within the former Stapleton International Airport complex, this unique 9,400 square foot cement structure is an example of how sophisticated engineering can make an innovative architectural design a reality. This barrel-vaulted, thin-shelled...