National and State Register
Evans-Elbert Ranch / Elbert-Austin Ranch
Clear Creek County
The property is associated with two prominent families important during Colorado’s territorial period. Clear
In 1868, John Evans and Samuel H. Elbert established a mountain cattle ranch that eventually covered much of the Vance, Metz, and Corral Creek valleys and uplands of Jefferson County. A 1908 log and stone Rustic style residence on the property was built for Louise Elbert Everett. It was designed by J. Christopher Jensen, an Iowa architect, and constructed by Jock Spence, a prominent local contractor.
National Register
Address
Upper Bear Creek Rd., Evergreen vicinity
Site Number
5CC.15