The 1882 building was one of the first permanent masonry commercial structures in Gunnison’s downtown district.  It was constructed by Milo Matteson to house a retail store, operating under the name of Shilling and Company.  In 1889, Matteson sold the building to Herman Webster, who ran a business there until his death in 1920.  

Constructed in 1881 and in use almost continuously to the present day, the building has housed a number of businesses ranging from the bakery to a lunch room, law offices and notions store, as well as a restaurant for over 80 years.

Located within the Upper Gunnison Basin, this multi-component prehistoric site has the potential to yield important information related to site function, chronology and seasonality of use, and subsistence and settlement patterns.

The library is an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as executed by Temple Hoyne Buell, a prominent Denver architect, developer, and philanthropist. 

The 1902 wood frame Murray House is significant as one of Gunnison’s finest examples of the Queen Anne style.  The property’s complex floor plan, roof structure, and architectural detailing are typical of the style.

Formed by a volcanic vent, the tube-shaped cave is within the Sapinero Mesa Tuff.  Caves do not normally develop in this type of rock.  The cave is an important Pleistocene fossil site.

Designed in 1926 to cross the Gunnison River the Colorado Department of Highways, the 125- foot long steel rigid connected Pratt through truss was fabricated by American Bridge Company.  

Designed in 1926 to cross the Gunnison River by the Colorado Department of Highways, the 125 foot long steel rigid connected Pratt through truss was fabricated by American Bridge Company.  

The 1931 building has functioned since its opening as Gunnison’s primary municipal facility.  

Local master stonemason Frederick Zugelder built the store in 1882.  Originally known as the Mechling Block, the building served for nearly a decade as the freight office of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, becoming the Gunnison Hardware in 1898.