A 1938 project supported by the school district, town leaders and a WPA grant resulted in a building used for school and sports functions as well as an auditorium for public gatherings. 

The 1919 library, designed by Denver architect John J. Huddart in the Colonial Revival style, is one of 36 Colorado public libraries funded by wealthy industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. 

This Barlow and Sanderson Stagecoach provided basic transportation throughout the San Luis Valley of Colorado and New Mexico in the late 19th century.  The stagecoach is a rare example of an Abbot-Downing mud wagon type built around 1871.

Built in 1885, the Stick style house was one of the earliest residences constructed in the Monte Vista area.

The two-story red brick and stucco building is an important example of early community planning and development. 

The bridge was constructed in 1924 to access what was then the Wheeler Ranch east of Del Norte.

Constructed in 1924, for private access to the Sutherland Ranch east of Del Norte, the bridge consists of a rigid-connected, six-panel timber Warren pony truss, with verticals at all panel points, and a log kingpost pony truss approach. 

Believed to have been built in 1881, the building is an unusual example of an Hispanic adobe church with a cruciform plan and an apse.

The homestead includes a remarkably intact collection of log buildings dating from the mid-1870s.  Of particular significance is the two-story log house.

The district is one of the best remaining examples of a mountain village of the late 1800s.  Nearly all of the buildings are of log construction, have gabled roofs, and date from the last two decades of the 19th century.