National and State Register

Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory

Adams County

The 1908 Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory is important for housing German prisoners of war during World War II in 1945. 

Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory - 5AM.3221, street view.

Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory - 5AM.3221, street view.

It is also a good example of local ornamental concrete block construction applied to an early twentieth-century manufacturing building.  The building meets the requirements for listing under the Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) Ornamental Concrete Block Buildings in Colorado, 1900-1940, under the associated property type Ornamental Concrete Block Commercial/Industrial Buildings.