The 1902 wood frame Murray House is significant as one of Gunnison’s finest examples of the Queen Anne style.  The property’s complex floor plan, roof structure, and architectural detailing are typical of the style.

Formed by a volcanic vent, the tube-shaped cave is within the Sapinero Mesa Tuff.  Caves do not normally develop in this type of rock.  The cave is an important Pleistocene fossil site.

Designed in 1926 to cross the Gunnison River the Colorado Department of Highways, the 125- foot long steel rigid connected Pratt through truss was fabricated by American Bridge Company.  

Designed in 1926 to cross the Gunnison River by the Colorado Department of Highways, the 125 foot long steel rigid connected Pratt through truss was fabricated by American Bridge Company.  

The 1931 building has functioned since its opening as Gunnison’s primary municipal facility.  

Local master stonemason Frederick Zugelder built the store in 1882.  Originally known as the Mechling Block, the building served for nearly a decade as the freight office of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, becoming the Gunnison Hardware in 1898. 

Both dwellings were completed in June of 1881.  They were built by David Fisher, a local sandstone quarry owner who incorporated sandstone in the design of the house and the cottage. 

The 1881 hotel/boarding house is associated with the early commercial development of West Gunnison and is a good local example of large scale balloon frame construction.

The district consists of over 60 sites, of a wide variety. Major quarries exist in three locations, and many sites contain hearths and roasting pits.

The Chance Gulch site is important for its prehistoric archaeology pertaining to economics, industry, settlement, and social history.