Directory of Colorado State Register Properties

TYPES OF HISTORIC DESIGNATION

The Colorado State Register of Historic Properties includes all properties designated under the Colorado State Register nomination process AND all properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As an aid to determining the type of resources listed, the entries in this book are classified by resource and nomination:

Colorado State Register

Listing for a building, structure, site, object, or district designated through the Colorado State Register nomination process. A district contains a group of related sites, buildings, structures, or objects. The elements within a district are united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.

National Register

Listing for a building, structure, site, object or district. A district contains a group of related sites, buildings, structures, or objects. The elements within a district are united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.

Multiple Property Submissions

Multiple property submissions group significant properties by related themes, trends, and patterns of history. Each property listed under a multiple property submission is related to the common theme. Multiple property submissions fall within three broad types. These properties are grouped under their applicable multiple property submission title beginning on Page 280. They may also be found under the county listings.

National Register Multiple Property Submission

A series of individual and/or district listings of thematically-related historic properties.

National Register Multiple Resource Area

A series of individual and/or district listings from a single geographic area which encompasses a series of resources linked by place rather than by historic association.

National Register Thematic Resource

A series of individual and/or district listings of thematically-related historic properties.

Certified Local Districts

Historic districts established by state or local governments that have been certified by the Secretary of the Interior as substantially meeting the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Such certification may be used as a basis for applying for federal historic preservation related income tax credits.

State Historical Monuments

Properties owned and maintained by the Colorado Historical Society on behalf of the State of Colorado.

National Historic Landmarks

Properties recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as possessing national significance.

World Heritage Sites

Properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee, an agency of UNESCO, which are cultural landmarks and natural areas of such unique value that they are part of the heritage, not just of individual nations, but of all humankind.

DIRECTORY FORMAT

Name of actual or nearest municipality

HISTORIC NAME/NAMES (Current Name)
Address or location
Nomination Type, Date Listed, Site Number
Statement of Significance

Properties are listed alphabetically under their respective location. Properties extending into more than on county are listed under each county heading. Properties with names of individuals are listed alphabetically by last name.

Current property names change frequently. While efforts are made to regularly update this information, the current property names in this directory may have changed since last verified in the field.

Selected properties having received significant grant funding from the State Historical Fund for preservation, restoration or rehabilitation projects are noted in the directory by this symbol. A short project description follows.

Example:

Louviers

LOUVIERS VILLAGE CLUB
Louviers Blvd. & First St.
National Register 9/22/1995, 5DA.1016

Constructed in 1917 by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the club served as a social and recreational center for the company town of Louviers. Du Pont endeavored to establish a sense of community for its employees. The Craftsman-style club contained an assembly hall, a “women’s talk room”, a grocery store and a post office. It also boasted a two-lane maple-floored bowling alley with hand-loaded pin setters, thought to be the oldest continuously-used bowling alley in Colorado. Du Pont ran the club until 1963, when it leased the facility to the town. The plant closed in the mid-1980s, and the club now belongs to the county.

Douglas County was unable to contemplate comprehensive rehabilitation of the building until receiving four State Historical Fund grants totaling almost $500,000, which made this project possible. During the last five years, preservation contractors restored the main meeting room, repaired and replaced windows, removed a non-historic drop ceiling, restored exterior woodwork and masonry, restored the bowling alley and added ADA-compliant access to the building. The club building again hosts public and private events while continuing to foster a sense of community. For more information see the Project Snapshot. 2007 photograph)

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs and other images are from the collections of the Colorado Historical Society.