List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
List of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. State of Colorado
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This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks in Colorado, two of which extend into New Mexico.[1]
National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
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[2] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[3] | Location | County | Description |
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1 | Bent's Old Fort | More images | December 19, 1960 (#66000254) | La Junta 38°02′23″N 103°25′36″W / 38.0397748°N 103.4266500°W / 38.0397748; -103.4266500 (Bent's Old Fort) | Otero | Adobe fort built in 1833 to trade with Plains Indians and trappers, on Santa Fe Trail |
2 | Central City/Black Hawk Historic District | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000246) | Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′47″W / 39.8010090°N 105.5130620°W / 39.8010090; -105.5130620 (Central City/Black Hawk Historic District) | Gilpin | Former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, once known as the 'Richest Square Mile on Earth |
3 | Colorado Chautauqua | More images | February 10, 2006 (#78000830) | Boulder 39°59′54″N 105°16′49″W / 39.9983190°N 105.2802682°W / 39.9983190; -105.2802682 (Colorado Chautauqua) | Boulder | This 1898 Chautauqua is the only one West of the Mississippi, one of only four continuously operating since its inception, and the only one open year round. |
4 | Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex (Minnequa Steel Works) | January 13, 2021 (#100006242) | 215 and 225 Canal St. 38°14′17″N 104°36′46″W / 38.23804°N 104.61287°W / 38.23804; -104.61287 (Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex) | Pueblo | First major steel works west of the Mississippi. | |
5 | Cripple Creek Historic District | July 4, 1961 (#66000939) | Cripple Creek 38°44′48″N 105°10′31″W / 38.7467790°N 105.1753060°W / 38.7467790; -105.1753060 (Cripple Creek Historic District) | Teller | The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills | |
6 | Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad | More images | October 16, 2012 (#73000462) | Antonito, CO and Chama, NM 37°04′11″N 106°00′43″W / 37.06972°N 106.01202°W / 37.06972; -106.01202 (Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad) | Conejos, CO, Archuleta, CO, and Rio Arriba, NM | Longest & most complete representation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railroading. |
7 | Denver Civic Center | October 16, 2012 (#12001017) | Denver 39°44′21″N 104°59′20″W / 39.7391667°N 104.9888889°W / 39.7391667; -104.9888889 (Denver Civic Center) | Denver | City Beautiful-era civic center. | |
8 | Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000247) | Durango to Silverton 37°16′09″N 107°52′57″W / 37.26912°N 107.88253°W / 37.26912; -107.88253 (Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad) | La Plata and San Juan | Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between Durango and Silverton |
9 | Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District | More images | November 13, 1966 (#66000243) | Georgetown and Silver Plume 39°42′22″N 105°41′51″W / 39.7060984°N 105.6975041°W / 39.7060984; -105.6975041 (Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District) | Clear Creek | Historic district which includes the silver mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume as well as the 1884 railway engineering marvel which connects them, the Georgetown Loop Railroad. |
10 | Granada Relocation Center (Amache National Historic Site) | More images | February 10, 2006 (#94000425) | Granada 38°02′55″N 102°19′42″W / 38.0486203°N 102.3282454°W / 38.0486203; -102.3282454 (Granada Relocation Center) | Prowers | World War II Japanese American internment center |
11 | Leadville Historic District | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000248) | Leadville 39°14′50″N 106°17′29″W / 39.2472900°N 106.2913170°W / 39.2472900; -106.2913170 (Leadville Historic District) | Lake | Historic Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area |
12 | Lindenmeier site | January 20, 1961 (#66000249) | Norfolk 40°58′48″N 105°03′44″W / 40.979898°N 105.062256°W / 40.979898; -105.062256 (Lindenmeier site) | Larimer | The only extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE. | |
13 | Lowry Ruin | More images | July 19, 1964 (#66000253) | Pleasant View 37°35′05″N 108°55′13″W / 37.58469°N 108.92017°W / 37.58469; -108.92017 (Lowry Ruin) | Montezuma | Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva |
14 | Ludlow Tent Colony Site | More images | January 16, 2009 (#85001328) | Ludlow 37°20′21″N 104°35′02″W / 37.3392453°N 104.5837849°W / 37.3392453; -104.5837849 (Ludlow Tent Colony Site) | Las Animas | Site of 1914 miners' strike that culminated in Ludlow Massacre |
15 | Mesa Verde Administrative District | More images | May 29, 1987 (#87001410) | Mesa Verde National Park 37°11′03″N 108°29′17″W / 37.1841624°N 108.4881439°W / 37.1841624; -108.4881439 (Mesa Verde Administrative District) | Montezuma | First buildings built by the National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921 |
16 | Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 (Burlington Carousel) | More images | February 27, 1987 (#78000861) | Burlington 39°18′33″N 102°16′14″W / 39.3090670°N 102.2706890°W / 39.3090670; -102.2706890 (Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6) | Kit Carson | Carousel built for Elitch Gardens in 1905. In 1928 it moved to Kit Carson County fairgrounds where it remains open today. It is the only antique carousel in America retaining its original paint on both the scenery panels and the animals, and it is the only surviving Philadelphia Toboggan Company menagerie carousel. |
17 | Pikes Peak | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000245) | Colorado Springs 38°50′26″N 105°02′42″W / 38.8405839°N 105.0449035°W / 38.8405839; -105.0449035 (Pikes Peak) | El Paso | Pike's Peak (everything above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) elevation). This mountain was inspiration for "America the Beautiful" as well as the motto "Pike's Peak or Bust" |
18 | Pike's Stockade | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000244) | Sanford 37°17′37″N 105°48′37″W / 37.2936205°N 105.8102975°W / 37.2936205; -105.8102975 (Pike's Stockade) | Conejos | Explorer Zebulon Pike set up a fort here. |
19 | Raton Pass | More images | December 19, 1960 (#66000474) | Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM 36°59′28″N 104°29′12″W / 36.9911344°N 104.4866544°W / 36.9911344; -104.4866544 (Raton Pass) | Las Animas, CO and Colfax, NM | Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado |
20 | Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp | More images | August 4, 2015 (#90000725) | Morrison, CO 39°39′56″N 105°12′21″W / 39.6655433°N 105.2058221°W / 39.6655433; -105.2058221 (Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp) | Jefferson | Denver Mountain Park and camp where workers stayed while building the park's amphitheater. |
21 | Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (Beaver Meadows Visitor Center) | More images | January 3, 2001 (#01000069) | Estes Park 40°21′59″N 105°33′40″W / 40.3662840°N 105.5610180°W / 40.3662840; -105.5610180 (Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building) | Larimer | Also known as the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, it was designed by Taliesin Associated Architects, their first major work after Frank Lloyd Wright had died. It demonstrated how modern architecture could be successful inside the National Parks and was the last significant project in Mission 66. |
22 | Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill | February 16, 2000 (#00000262) | Silverton 37°49′44″N 107°37′39″W / 37.8288855°N 107.6275605°W / 37.8288855; -107.6275605 (Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill) | San Juan | Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado. | |
23 | Silverton Historic District | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000255) | Silverton 37°48′46″N 107°39′46″W / 37.8128640°N 107.6627670°W / 37.8128640; -107.6627670 (Silverton Historic District) | San Juan | Former silver mining town, home of the Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill and one end of the Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad |
24 | Telluride Historic District | More images | July 4, 1961 (#66000256) | Telluride 37°56′15″N 107°48′45″W / 37.9375170°N 107.8124040°W / 37.9375170; -107.8124040 (Telluride Historic District) | San Miguel | Former gold mining boomtown, it is now an artistic retreat and a ski resort town |
25 | Temple Aaron | December 11, 2023 (#100009802) | Trinidad 37°09′59″N 104°30′10″W / 37.16637°N 104.50285°W / 37.16637; -104.50285 (Temple Aaron) | Las Animas | One of the oldest synagogues in Colorado | |
26 | Trujillo Homesteads | February 1, 2012 (#03001544) | Mosca 37°44′02″N 105°44′11″W / 37.73382°N 105.73636°W / 37.73382; -105.73636 (Trujillo Homesteads) | Alamosa | Early ranch settlement (1880s) in the San Luis Valley, with a surviving period ranch house; located on a Nature Conservancy property near Great Sand Dunes National Park. | |
27 | United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area | April 1, 2004 (#04000484) | Colorado Springs 39°00′31″N 104°53′25″W / 39.0086350°N 104.8902880°W / 39.0086350; -104.8902880 (United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area) | El Paso | Bold use of Modern architecture at the United States Air Force Academy, especially with the Cadet Chapel | |
28 | Winks Panorama | December 13, 2023 (#100009805) | Pinecliffe 39°55′16″N 105°27′25″W / 39.92111°N 105.45694°W / 39.92111; -105.45694 (Winks Panorama) | Gilpin | Hotel that catered to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century |
See also
- List of protected areas of Colorado
- List of National Natural Landmarks in Colorado
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
Notes
References
- ^ "List of NHLs by State". National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
External links
- State of Colorado
- History Colorado
- United States federal government website
- United States Department of the Interior website
- National Park Service website
- National Historic Landmarks
- National Park Service website
- United States Department of the Interior website
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307 State Wildlife Areas | |
96 State Natural Areas |
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26 Scenic and Historic Byways |
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28 National Recreation Trails |
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6 Regional Trails |
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