The 1920 brick building is an early example of the consolidation of rural students within a school equipped to offer a varied educational program.  Designed by the Denver architectural firm of Mountjoy and Frewen, it is also important as a rare local example of the Mediterranean Revival style.

Following a national women’s club movement, the Cedar Mesa Community Club organized in 1908 with fewer than ten members.  After many years of holding the meetings in the homes of its members—and as membership grew—the club raised enough money to build a clubhouse in 1949.

The site contributes to the understanding of rock art styles of the Western Archaic tradition, in particular, the historic Ute culture of the Uncompahgre Complex.

Opened in 1902, seven years after the community’s founding, the store served until 1949 as the community’s center of commerce and information. 

The 1890 building is typical of late 19th century storefronts.  It contained a variety of retail and wholesale enterprises and contributed to the commercial history of Elizabeth.

St. Mark United Presbyterian Church, a one-and-one-half-story clapboard structure on a wooden foundation, has a high gabled roof and brick chimney.  It was built in 1889 by prospective members under the direction of a local carpenter, Taylor Green.

Originally built half a mile south of the town of Elbert, a devastating flood in 1935 nearly swept the building away and resulted in its move to higher ground east of town.  The church is a striking local expression of the Gothic Revival style.

The Russell Gulch Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I O O F) Hall (#41) building is significant for social history for its long association with the I O O F Lodge #41 providing an important social venue to interact with other miners and members and to receive assistance from their fellow members in times of need.  The 1895 building's second floor provided a meeting place for the Russell Gulch I O O F Lodge members and a community-meeting place for fifty years.

Winks Panorama is significant under Criterion A at the national level in the areas of Ethnic Heritage: Black and Social History as a historic African-American resort of the segregation era in the Rocky Mountain West for the period 1925 to 1965.  The property retains the atmosphere of the peaceful mountain oasis that it once offered to African-American vacationers with few options for travel and leisure due to the restrictions of segregation.  The Lodge is highly significant for what it can tell us about African-American life in the early twentieth century.  Resistance to segr

The Teller House was built by brothers Henry M. and Willard Teller during 1871-72.  The four-story brick building was reported to be the largest and most elaborately furnished hotel located outside of Denver.