National and State Register

Fruita Museum

Mesa County

The 1938 Fruita Museum, a Works Progress Administration project, is a symbol of the community’s efforts to establish a local museum.

A picture of the museum with large stone walls and little colored flags in front.

Fruita Museum (1998 photograph.)

The building is architecturally significant as a well-preserved, well-crafted, and virtually unique example of stone construction.  The exterior and interior surfaces are comprised of a wide variety of rocks that bear distinctive markings.

National Register

Address

432 E. Aspen, Fruita

Site Number

5ME.7041