Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District
nhld=yes


caption = The Georgetown Loop high bridge as seen c. 1885.
nearest_city= Georgetown, Colorado and Silver Plume, Colorado
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 55
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 105
long_minutes = 42
long_seconds = 48
long_direction = W
locmapin = Colorado
area =
built =1859
architect=
architecture= Late Victorian
designated_nhl= November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=147&ResourceType=District
title=Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District |accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=66000243

The Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District is a federally designated United States National Historic Landmark that comprises the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two silver mining towns along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

The district includes well preserved examples of the buildings and mining structures of the Colorado Silver Boom from 1864 to 1893. The Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park includes the reconstructed Georgetown Loop, a spectacular example of nineteenth century narrow gauge railway engineering required to negotiate the 601 feet (183 meters) of elevation rise in the mere 2.0 miles (3.2 kilometers) between the two towns. Historic steam locomotives pull passenger trains over the loop from late May through the beautiful Autumn colors of early October. Guided tours of the Lebanon Silver Mine are also available.

The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on 1966-11-13.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000243.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |407 KB|date=May, 1975 |author=Joseph S. Mendinghall |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000243.pdf Accompanying 41 photos, from 1975 and undated.] |13.1 MB]

References

External links

* [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=147&ResourceType=District Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District]
* [http://www.coloradohistory.org/hist_sites/Georgetown/G_loop.htm Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park]
* [http://www.georgetownlooprr.com/ Georgetown Loop Railway]
* [http://www.town.georgetown.co.us/ Town of Georgetown]
* [http://www.historicgeorgetown.org/ Historic Georgetown, Inc.]