The site contains numerous rock art panels that date from at least 1000 BC through approximately 1881. 

The 1931 building is an excellent example of Renaissance Revival styling.

Designed in the Classical Revival style, the 1911 building is significant for its long association with the social history of the Masons and the City of Montrose.  The building, with its monumental Tuscan columns, stone balcony, and shaped parapet, is the only fraternal lodge in the city done in the Classical Revival style.

The 1910 Montrose Fire Department No. 1 is important for its long-standing association with fire protection in the City of Montrose.  

The 1919 building is associated with the development of vocational agricultural education on the Western Slope.

Constructed in 1922, using locally quarried sandstone, the roof of this three-story Classical Revival building is covered with red tile.  Denver architect William Norman Bowman is credited with the design. 

The two-story Art Deco style building includes a mix of yellow and red brick in its patterned walls.  At the time of its construction in 1926, it was designed to also house the city’s library.

Designed by Colorado Springs architect Thomas P. Barber, the large brick building is a good local example of the Romanesque Revival style. 

Constructed in 1902, the 2½-story wood frame residence is set on a stone foundation.  The Queen Anne style is clearly represented in its asymmetrical massing, multi-gable roof, projecting bays, decorative porches, and ornamented gable ends. 

By 1894, Montrose farmer F.C. Lauzon had generated enough interest so that funds were secured to begin construction of the tunnel which would bring irrigation water from the Gunnison River to the arid farmlands of the Uncompahgre Valley.