National and State Register

Monte Vista Post Office & Federal Building

Rio Grande County

Constructed in 1933, the building remains a dominant structure in Monte Vista and is the community’s finest example of Beaux-Arts-influenced architecture.  Listed under U.S. Post Offices in Colorado Thematic Resource.

A view of the red bricked and hipped roof building with two stories and six Ionic columns between two wings in front of the entrance.

Monte Vista Post Office & Federal Building (1983 photograph.)

National Register

Address

Washington & 2nd Ave., Monte Vista

Site Number

5RN.21