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A photo of the Littleton Post Office

Littleton Post Office

The Littleton Post Office was built in 1939 and was the city’s major Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression.

A photo of commercial buildings in the Meeker Historic District

Meeker Historic District

Founded in 1885 on the site of a U.S. Army post named the Camp on White River, Meeker was the first permanent town in northwestern Colorado and remained the region’s only incorporated town until 1900.

A photo of the García/Espinosa/Garland Ranch Headquarters near Antonito

García/Espinosa/Garland Ranch Headquarters

The ca. 1885 García/Espinosa/Garland Ranch Headquarters has more than a half-century association with two Hispano families from the San Luis Valley.

A photo of the Far View Visitor Center in Mesa Verde National Park

Far View Visitor Center

The Far View Visitor Center within Mesa Verde National Park is nationally important for its association with the National Park Service’s national Mission 66 visitor and building improvement program, a system-wide effort to modernize the national parks in the 1950s-60s.

Lon and Tillie Filoon House

The 1909 Lon and Tillie Filoon House is an excellent example of a Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement style house with Classical Revival influences.

A photo of the Colorado & Southern Railway Gondola No. 4319 railroad car

Colorado & Southern Railway Gondola No. 4319

Built in 1902 by the Colorado & Southern Railway, C&S Gondola No. 4319 is a good example of a C&S “Low Side” narrow gauge gondola railcar, which incorporated the very latest technology of the time.

A photo of the Claybaugh Cow Camp in the Grand Mesa National Forest.

Claybaugh Cow Camp

Established on Forest Service land in ca. 1938, the Claybaugh Cow Camp served as seasonal housing for the ranching family of J.B. (Bruce) Claybaugh, owner of the Cross Bar Cross Ranch in the Grand Valley, and their cowpunchers as they grazed over 2,000 head of cattle on the Grand Mesa during the summer months.

A photo of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Northglenn, Colorado

St. Stephen's Lutheran Church

The striking St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, built in the Denver suburb of Northglenn in 1964, is one of Boulder-based master architect Charles Haertling’s finest designs.

A photo of the John C. Shaffer Barn within the Ken Caryl Ranch Headquarters.

John C. Shaffer Barn

Built ca. 1922, the John C. Shaffer Barn is part of an approximately 10-acre site that was historically the headquarters of the Ken Caryl Ranch.

A photo of the Animas City School building

Animas City School

The 1905 Animas City School was the only public school servicing Animas City, a small town north of Durango founded in 1876, until Animas City’s School District #1 was incorporated into Durango’s School District #9 in 1939.

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