Select Historic Contexts Priorities

The Power of Heritage and Place: A 2020 Action Plan to Advance Preservation in Colorado stated the identification of needed themes and the preparation of additional historic contexts as action objectives. Towards that end, OAHP has developed a first list of needed contexts, a list meant to be dynamic and evolve through public and stakeholder input. This initial list focuses largely on the built environment and its associated landscapes. A comparable list will be developed for archaeological resources.

Threatened and Under-represented Resource Types

  • Aspects of Ethnic Heritage

    -Hispanic Resources
    -African-American Resources
    -Japanese-American Resources
    -Chinese-American Resources
    -Germans from Russia Resources
    -Swedish/Scandinavian/Danish Resources
    -African-American Architects/Builders
    -Hispanic Architects/Builders

  • Civil rights struggles sites

    -LGBTQ Civil Rights
    -Chicano Movement
    -African-American Civil Rights Movement
    -Knights of the Ku Klux Clan
    -Native American Rights
    -Race Riots/Conflicts
    -Women's Rights Resources

  • Early Automobile Resources

    -Automobile Showrooms
    -Advertising Signs
    -Gas Stations and Commercial Resources
    -Motels & Accommodations
    -Recreational Camping
    -Parking Garages

  • Agricultural Resources

    -Range Wars
    -Evolution of Farming/Ranching Practices
    -Dryland versus Irrigated Farming Practices
    -Grazing Practices
    -Barn Typology in Colorado
    -Farm Production Industry (truck farming, potato, sugar beet, Western Slope fruit, canneries)
    -Outbuilding Typology (silos, loafing sheds, etc.)
    -Grain Elevators (MDPF)

  • Vernacular Typologies

    -Shotgun
    -Saddlebag
    -Gable Front

General Needs

  • Adobe Resources
  • Brick Manufacturers
  • Chain Stores in Colorado
  • Cold War
  • Educational Complexes

    -Public Schools
    -College Campuses

  • Foundries and Smelters
  • Fraternal Organizations and Halls

    -Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
    -Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
    -Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    -Order of Eastern Star
    -Loyal Order of Moose
    -Knights of Columbus
    -American Woodmen
    -Independent Order of Oddfellows (IOOF)
    -Knights of Pythius
    -Order of the Eagles

  • Fur Trade
  • Health Care Resources

    -Tuberculosis Sanatorium & Facilities

  • Helium Production
  • Kit Buildings
  • Labor Struggles

    -Colorado Labor Wars
    -Rise of the United Farm Workers Union

  • The Landscape Architecture Profession in Colorado
  • The Logging Industry in Colorado
  • Mormon Settlement
  • Catholic Settlement
  • New Deal Resources, other than those on the Eastern Plains
  • Oil/Gas Industry Resources (circa 1940-1983)
  • World War II Prisoner of War Resources
  • Quarries
  • Recent Past Resources

    -Mid-century Storefront Modifications
    -Later Mid-century Subdivisions

  • Recreation & Entertainment

    -Movie Theaters (e.g., small town movie theaters/drive-ins)
    -Dude Ranches/Guest Ranches & Resorts (circa 1920s-1970)
    -Ski Industry resources

  • Statue of Liberty replicas
  • Telegraph and Telephone Communications Networks
  • Transportation Networks

    -Air Traffic (including air fields, airports, control towers)
    -Space Program Resources
    -Old Spanish Trail
    -Cattle Trails & Round-ups
    -Stagecoach Lines & Stations
    -Wagon Trails

  • Rural Cemeteries