Completed in 1883, the T-plan building is a good local example of the Italianate style.  The two-story red brick building has stone quoins and a cross gabled roof that is topped with an open bell tower with a mansard roof.

Running more cattle than anyone else in the southern Arkansas River Valley, Joseph S. Hutchinson was one of the fabled cattle kings in early Colorado.  He made major contributions to the livestock industry as a successful cattle rancher.

The property is an intact example of a vacation home associated with early tourism development in the Chalk Creek Gulch area west of Buena Vista. 

Designed by the Colorado Department of Highways, this rigid-connected, six-panel steel Pratt deck truss was constructed by M.E. Carlson in 1937. 

The Commercial Hotel is one of the first buildings to provide services and accommodations for travelers in Granite when it was an important mining town and stop on the way to Leadville. 

The circa 1882-84 brick residence is an excellent local example of the Second Empire style.

Turner Place is associated with the settlement and agricultural and industrial development of the Buena Vista area.  The complex contains an architecturally significant log barn built in 1924.

Constructed in 1880, the simple wood frame building is a good example of the Carpenter Gothic style.  In 1969, it was moved to its present location in order to save it from demolition.

The Rock Ledge/Franzel Ranch has been continually associated with local farming and ranching since it was first homesteaded in 1887.

The 1910 Orpheum Theater served as the home of cultural functions in Buena Vista, including operas, plays and musicals, and was the center for the town’s important public gatherings and social events.