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.

The Nachtrieb/Kelly Ranch is associated with the history of ranching in Chaffee County, serving as a cattle and hay ranch from the late 1870s to the present.

The 1882 Kelley-McDonald House, substantially completed by 1914, is a well-preserved two-story example of a large frame Queen Anne-style dwelling and upper class family residence in Buena Vista. 

The Jacobs Building is significant at the local level in the area of Commerce from 1888 to 1916 and 1923 to 1954, for its long association with the late 19th century through the mid-twentieth century commercial development of the town of Buena Vista.

The Capitol Annex benefited from two Depression era Federal programs - the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration.  The former program provided part of the funding for this two building complex.