This Depression-era building opened as the largest department store in the San Luis Valley, offering groceries and clothes as well as household and farm goods. 

Constructed in 1909 during a period of rapid growth in the San Luis Valley, the bank building reflects the optimism associated with an important phase of downtown Alamosa’s commercial development. 

Constructed in 1920, the building represents a second stage of rural school construction, reflecting the development of facilities that addressed the needs of high school students. 

The Public Works Administration (PWA) constructed the 1935 Alamosa Post Office as a program of the New Deal legislative agenda set forth by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. 

The building’s elaborate stamped metal upper story represents a period of construction associated with the arrival of the railroad and the resulting ability to import prefabricated architectural elements.  Built in 1887, it was one of the first major buildings to be constructed on what would become Alamosa’s main street.  Street-level retail stores supported the second-story hall both physically and financially.

The U-shaped complex is one of the county’s best examples of the Mission style.  The largest of several Works Progress Administration projects built in the county during the 1930s, the courthouse construction began in 1936. 

This small red brick building is a good local example of the Gothic Revival style. 

The 1908 Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory is important for housing German prisoners of war during World War II in 1945. 

Emil Bruderlin arrived in Denver in the early 1870s to work as a bookbinder for the Rocky Mountain News Printing Company before going into business for himself. 

Emmet Ayers Bromley came to Colorado in 1877 and became one of the largest sheep and livestock owners in Colorado.  He also established a long and distinguished record of public service, holding the positions of Arapahoe County deputy sheriff and deputy assessor.  He served three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives and two in the Colorado Senate, where he sponsored the 1901 senate bill establishing Adams County.