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 21 National Historic Landmark sites in Colorado.^[1]

National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

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The following table is a complete list of the 21 federally designated National Historic Landmarks located in Colorado.

[2]	Landmark name[1]	Image	Year listed[1]	Locality[1][3]	County[1]	Description[4]
1	Bent's Old Fort		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	La Junta 38°02′34″N 103°25′51″W / 38.042886°N 103.430786°W / 38.042886; -103.430786 (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		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′27″W / 39.801111°N 105.5075°W / 39.801111; -105.5075 (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		02006-02-10 February 10, 2006	Boulder 39°59′52″N 105°16′50″W / 39.997778°N 105.280556°W / 39.997778; -105.280556 (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	Cripple Creek Historic District		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Cripple Creek 38°45′07″N 105°10′31″W / 38.751944°N 105.175278°W / 38.751944; -105.175278 (Cripple Creek Historic District)	Teller	The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills
5	Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Durango to Silverton 37°17′51″N 107°42′39″W / 37.2975°N 107.710833°W / 37.2975; -107.710833 (Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad)	San Juan and La Plata	Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between Durango and Silverton
6	Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District		01966-11-13 November 13, 1966	Georgetown and Silver Plume 39°41′55″N 105°42′48″W / 39.698611°N 105.713333°W / 39.698611; -105.713333 (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.
7	Granada War Relocation Center		02006-02-10 February 10, 2006	Granada 38°02′58″N 102°19′43″W / 38.049444°N 102.328611°W / 38.049444; -102.328611 (Granada War Relocation Center)	Prowers	World War II Japanese American internment center
8	Leadville Historic District		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Leadville 39°14′39″N 106°13′42″W / 39.244167°N 106.228333°W / 39.244167; -106.228333 (Leadville Historic District)	Lake	Historic Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area
9	Lindenmeier Site		01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	Norfolk	Larimer	The only extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE.
10	Lowry Ruin		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Pleasant View 37°35′04″N 108°55′11″W / 37.584531°N 108.919647°W / 37.584531; -108.919647 (Lowry Ruin)	Montezuma	Ancient Pueblo Peoples archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva
11	Ludlow Tent Colony Site		02009-01-16 January 16, 2009	Ludlow 37°20′00″N 104°35′00″W / 37.333333°N 104.583333°W / 37.333333; -104.583333 (Ludlow Tent Colony)	Las Animas	[5]
12	Mesa Verde Administrative District		01987-05-29 May 29, 1987	Mesa Verde National Park 37°10′53″N 108°29′26″W / 37.1812644653°N 108.490653909°W / 37.1812644653; -108.490653909 (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
13	Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel No. 6		01987-02-27 February 27, 1987	Burlington 39°18′26″N 102°16′13″W / 39.3071020728°N 102.270324277°W / 39.3071020728; -102.270324277 (Elitch Gardens Carousel)	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.
14	Pikes Peak		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Colorado Springs 38°50′26″N 105°02′39″W / 38.840556°N 105.044167°W / 38.840556; -105.044167 (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"
15	Pike's Stockade		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Sanford 37°17′30″N 105°48′36″W / 37.2917915715°N 105.809944462°W / 37.2917915715; -105.809944462 (Pike's Stockade)	Conejos	Explorer Zebulon Pike set up a fort here.
16	Raton Pass		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM 36°59′25″N 104°29′17″W / 36.9903°N 104.488°W / 36.9903; -104.488 (Raton Pass)	Las Animas, CO and Colfax, NM	Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado
17	Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building		02001-01-03 January 3, 2001	Estes Park 40°21′58″N 105°33′39″W / 40.366111°N 105.560833°W / 40.366111; -105.560833 (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 modern architecture could be successful inside the National Parks and was the last significant project in Mission 66.
18	Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill		02000-02-16 February 16, 2000	Silverton 37°49′44″N 107°37′42″W / 37.828972°N 107.628207°W / 37.828972; -107.628207 (Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill)	San Juan	Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado.
19	Silverton Historic District		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Silverton 37°48′45″N 107°39′47″W / 37.812545°N 107.662994°W / 37.812545; -107.662994 (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
20	Telluride Historic District		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Telluride 37°56′14″N 107°48′29″W / 37.937222°N 107.808056°W / 37.937222; -107.808056 (Telluride Historic District)	San Miguel	Former gold mining boomtown, it is now an artistic retreat and a ski resort town
21	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area		02004-04-01 April 1, 2004	Colorado Springs 39°00′30″N 104°53′26″W / 39.008333°N 104.890417°W / 39.008333; -104.890417 (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

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,^[6]

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

	Landmark name	Image	Date established[7]	Location	County	Description
1	Hovenweep National Monument		01923-03-02 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		01906-06-29 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		01919-12-19 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. ^ ^{a b c d e} National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
2. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate the National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Historic Landmark Districts and other higher designations from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
4. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm.  Retrieved on various dates.
5. ^ "Interior Secretary Kempthorne Designates 9 National Historic Landmarks in 9 States". Department of the Interior. 2009-01-16. http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/011609c.html. 
6. ^ These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
7. ^ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

External links

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• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service