The Samuel and Albina Romano Residence is an unusually well-preserved example of the Craftsman architectural style.  The cobblestone house embodies the signature characteristics of a Craftsman Bungalow, including its low-pitched gable roof, exposed rafter tails, full-width front porch, battered porch piers, multi-pane windows, and deeply overhanging bracketed eaves.

The 1918 Staunton Ranch is a good representation of an early twentieth century entertainment and recreation mountain resort with Rustic style cabins. 

The 1927 log and native stone building is a well-preserved example of the Rustic style as interpreted by noted architect Jules J.B. Benedict.  Nestled against a hillside, the lodge exhibits the quality of construction and attention to detail associated with his work.

Previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1990 under Denver Mountain Parks, the historic district is nationally significant under the themes Developing the American Economy, in the area of governmental policies and practices, and Expressing Cultural Values in the areas of architecture and landscape architecture.  The architect and builders are outlined as Burnham Hoyt, Stanley Morse, the Civilian Conservation Corps, National Park Service, Works Progress Administration, and U. S. Department of the Army.

This 1875 two-classroom limestone school was built by the Morrison Stone, Lime, & Town Company.

Conceived and developed by George Morrison, the town was incorporated in 1872 by the Morrison Stone, Lime and Town Company.

The LoDaiska site, a large multicomponent rockshelter, contained a substantial and diverse cultural assemblage representing approximately 7,500 years of prehistoric life along the Front Range.  

Built in 1962-63 and inspired in design and layout by the historic Bent’s Old Fort in Otero County, The Fort was constructed of adobe bricks using traditional Hispanic methods and materials.  As one of few structural core adobe resources in Colorado outside the San Luis Valley, The Fort is exceptional for its adaptation of historic design, its association with William Lumpkins, an architect known internationally for work in adobe and the Pueblo Revival style, and for its use of traditional practices of construction and embellishment. 

The Dinosaur Ridge hogback is located on the western edge of the Denver Basin, immediately adjacent the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.  Rich fossil quarries were discovered there in March 1877 by Arthur Lakes.

Although included by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in his Mountain Park System Plan of 1914, the land was not acquired until 1935.