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San Luis Valley
Huerfano County Courthouse & Jail
Garcia Ranch (Potato Barn)
First San Luis Valley State Bank/Malouf Department Store
Dunn’s Block
Walsenburg Power Plant
Built to provide energy to the Walsen Mine, Walsen Camp, and the town of Walsenburg, the power plant is the last remaining structure of the once bustling Walsen Camp, a coal mining settlement dating from the late 1870s. At its peak, the Walsen Camp boasted over 200...
Soldiers & Sailors Home
Established in the San Luis Valley in 1889, the Colorado State Veterans Center at Homelake (also referred to as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home) provided a peaceful place for aging and displaced Civil War veterans. This continuously operated complex is the...
San Rafael Church
Traditional Hispanic Catholicism collided with conventional Anglo Protestantism in southern Colorado and resulted in the construction of the unusual San Rafael Church. Located in the San Luis National Historic District, the church represents the clash and subsequent...
Montoya Ranch
The Montoya Ranch in Huerfano County is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial and Territorial Adobe architecture. Potentially the only adobe basement building in the United States, the building housed different functions beginning in 1860 as a farmhouse. Between...