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PHILLIPS COUNTY |
AmherstST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 
The 1931 church was designed by prominent Denver architect Eugene G. Groves and continues to serve the congregation. The front gabled roof one-story brick building rests on a slightly raised concrete basement. On the facade, a tripartite segmental arched stained glass window, surrounded by cast stone trim, is centered above the small front gabled entry. The interior features a vaulted ceiling supported by four exposed wood trusses. Although Groves designed numerous educational and governmental buildings throughout Colorado, this is the only religious building he is known to have designed during his prolific fifty-year practice. HaxtunFIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HAXTUN (Haxtun Town Hall) The 1917 bank closed in 1932 as part of the general economic collapse during the Great Depression. The city purchased the building in 1939 for use as the city hall. It is a good example of the Neo-Classical style and includes marble pilasters, pediments, and cornices. The interior retains its marble baseboards and teller plates, terrazzo floors, wood room dividers with leaded and etched glass, and beamed ceiling. SHIRLEY HOTEL (Haxtun Inn) Constructed in 1921, the two-story, dark red brick building has a long association with the commercial history of Haxtun. The Shirley functioned as the community’s last and longest operating hotel, providing lodging and meals to railroad and automobile travelers. HolyokeHEGINBOTHAM, W.E., HOUSE (Holyoke Public Library) Will Heginbotham hired contractor Michael McEachern in 1919 to construct this one-and-one-half-story building of red molded brick, with half timbered gable ends. The site consists of the late Craftsman Style house finished in 1921, a matching garage and covered gateways, and landscaped grounds. Heginbotham was president and owner of the Farmer’s and Merchant’s Bank and very active in civic affairs. He left his entire estate to the town of Holyoke and Phillips County, and the home is now the Holyoke Public Library. PHILLIPS COUNTY COURTHOUSE 
Constructed by the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Phillips
County Courthouse represents President Roosevelt’s New Deal legislative
agenda to bring America out of the Great Depression. The courthouse is
the only surviving PWA project in Phillips County and the most intact of
all the county’s New Deal projects. The brick building with terra cotta
trim is an example of the Moderne style applied to a government building
constructed with PWA funds and designed by a prominent Denver architect,
Eugene Groves.
The building is associated with the governing of Phillips
County, serving continuously as the courthouse since 1936. The property is
associated with the New Deal Resources
on Colorado’s Eastern Plains Multiple Property Submission.
(2006 photograph) REIMER-SMITH OIL STATION The 1927 Reimer-Smith Oil Station is an excellent intact example of a rapidly disappearing form of the 1920s era "house with canopy" type of gas station. The station is also an important example of the use of pressed metal as an interior and exterior wall treatment. The Reimer-Oil Station is one of the best surviving examples of the use of pressed metal in early 20th century Colorado. Members of the Phillips County Historical Society rescued the building from demolition in 1998 by moving it to the grounds of their museum. SAWYER HOUSE / SEARS HOTEL (Burge Hotel) The Sawyer House / Sears Hotel is associated with the commercial development of the Holyoke community. The original section dates from 1887. Subsequent additions accommodated the hotel’s growing trade. |
State Register 8/8/2001, National Register 3/28/2002, 5PL.37