List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. A list of National Park Service administered areas in Colorado that have a historic focus is also included. There are 25 National Historic Landmark sites in Colorado.[1]

National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

[2]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated[3]	Location	County	Description
1	Bent's Old Fort	Bent's Old Fort	December 19, 1960 (#66000254)	La Junta 38°02′34″N 103°25′51″W	Otero	Adobe fort built in 1833 to trade with Plains Indians and trappers, on Santa Fe Trail
2	Central City/Black Hawk Historic District	Central City/Black Hawk Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000246)	Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′27″W	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	Colorado Chautauqua	February 10, 2006 (#78000830)	Boulder 39°59′52″N 105°16′50″W	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	Cripple Creek Historic District	Cripple Creek Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000939)	Cripple Creek 38°45′07″N 105°10′31″W	Teller	The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills
5	Denver & Rio Grande Railroad San Juan Extension(Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad)	Denver & Rio Grande Railroad San Juan Extension	October 16, 2012 (#73000462)	Antonito, CO and Chama, NM 37°00′22″N 106°17′44″W	Archuleta, CO, Conejos, CO, and Rio Arriba, NM	Longest & most complete representation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railroading.
6	Denver Civic Center	Denver Civic Center	October 16, 2012 (#12001017)	Denver 39°44′21″N 104°59′12″W	Denver	City Beautiful-era civic center.
7	Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad	Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad	July 4, 1961 (#66000247)	Durango to Silverton 37°17′51″N 107°42′39″W	San Juan and La Plata	Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between Durango and Silverton
8	Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District	Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District	November 13, 1966 (#66000243)	Georgetown and Silver Plume 39°41′55″N 105°42′48″W	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.
9	Granada Relocation Center	Granada Relocation Center	February 10, 2006 (#94000425)	Granada 38°02′58″N 102°19′43″W	Prowers	World War II Japanese American internment center
10	Leadville Historic District	Leadville Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000248)	Leadville 39°14′39″N 106°13′42″W	Lake	Historic Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area
11	Lindenmeier Site	Lindenmeier Site	January 20, 1961 (#66000249)	Norfolk 40°58′48″N 105°03′44″W	Larimer	The only extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE.
12	Lowry Ruin	Lowry Ruin	July 19, 1964 (#66000253)	Pleasant View 37°35′04″N 108°55′11″W	Montezuma	Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva
13	Ludlow Tent Colony Site	Ludlow Tent Colony Site	January 16, 2009 (#85001328)	Ludlow 37°20′00″N 104°35′00″W	Las Animas	Site of 1914 miners' strike that culminated in Ludlow Massacre
14	Mesa Verde Administrative District	Mesa Verde Administrative District	May 29, 1987 (#87001410)	Mesa Verde National Park 37°10′53″N 108°29′26″W	Montezuma	First buildings built by the National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921
15	Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel No. 6	Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel No. 6	February 27, 1987 (#78000861)	Burlington 39°18′26″N 102°16′13″W	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.
16	Pikes Peak	Pikes Peak	July 4, 1961 (#66000245)	Colorado Springs 38°50′26″N 105°02′39″W	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"
17	Pike's Stockade	Pike's Stockade	July 4, 1961 (#66000244)	Sanford 37°17′30″N 105°48′36″W	Conejos	Explorer Zebulon Pike set up a fort here.
18	Raton Pass	Raton Pass	December 19, 1960 (#66000474)	Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM 36°59′25″N 104°29′17″W	Las Animas, CO and Colfax, NM	Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado
19	Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp	Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp	August 4, 2015 (#90000725)	Morrison, CO 39°39′41″N 105°12′29″W	Jefferson	Denver Mountain Park and camp where workers stayed while building the park's amphitheater.
20	Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building	Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building	January 3, 2001 (#01000069)	Estes Park 40°21′58″N 105°33′39″W	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.
21	Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill	Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill	February 16, 2000 (#00000262)	Silverton 37°49′44″N 107°37′42″W	San Juan	Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado.
22	Silverton Historic District	Silverton Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000255)	Silverton 37°48′45″N 107°39′47″W	San Juan	Former silver mining town, home of the Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill and one end of the Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad
23	Telluride Historic District	Telluride Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000256)	Telluride 37°56′14″N 107°48′29″W	San Miguel	Former gold mining boomtown, it is now an artistic retreat and a ski resort town
24	Trujillo Homestead	Trujillo Homestead	February 1, 2012 (#03001544)	Mosca 37°44′00″N 105°44′09″W	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.
25	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area	April 1, 2004 (#04000484)	Colorado Springs 39°00′30″N 104°53′26″W	El Paso	Bold use of Modern architecture at the United States Air Force Academy, especially with the Cadet Chapel

Historic areas of the NPS in Colorado

National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are four of these in Colorado. The National Park Service lists these four together with the NHLs in the state,[4]

Bent's Old Fort is a National Historic Site as well as a National Historic Landmark. The others are:

	Landmark name	Image	Date established[5]	Location	County	Description
1	Hovenweep National Monument		March 2, 1923	Cortez, CO and Blanding, UT	Montezuma, CO and San Juan, UT	Six clusters of Native American ruins; shared with Utah
2	Mesa Verde National Park		June 29, 1906	Cortez	Montezuma	Numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the ancient Pueblo people; known for cliff dwellings; Mesa Verde translates into English as "green table"
3	Yucca House National Monument		December 19, 1919	Cortez	Montezuma	Unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Colorado
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state
• Wikimedia Commons: National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

References

1. National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-07-04..
2. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. 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.
4. These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
5. Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

External links

• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service