The James H. Baugh House is the earliest extant building from the 1859 settlement period of Jefferson County’s Clear Creek Valley.  James H. Baugh was one of the very earliest settlers in the Wheat Ridge area who established a farm in the fertile Clear Creek Valley and helped promote local agricultural commerce. 

The district encompasses several communities associated with the development of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad’s route through Platte Canyon during the 1870s to serve the mining areas to the west. 

This linear district runs for two miles along Colorado Highway 74 between the towns of Morrison and Idledale.  The route is noted for its enclosing granite cliffs and diverse vegetation. 

The property is associated with the Indian Hills Improvement Association.  Circa 1952, this police, fire, and health protection organization converted and expanded the former 1923, one room wood frame Parmalee School to serve as a combination volunteer firehouse and community meeting hall. 

Little Park joined the Denver Mountain Park system in 1917.  The unusual eight-sided stone shelter house was designed by Denver architect Jules J.B. Benedict and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Bradford Junction has had continual prominence in the community as a local gathering place and center of community social activities from 1918-1942.

The Blue Jay Inn dates from 1880 and originally operated as two separate enterprises, serving local lumbermen.  The wood frame buildings were subsequently pushed together, resulting in one large two-story hotel. 

The ranch began operation in 1872 as one of the earliest in the Platte Canyon of Jefferson County. 

The building, which served as a local gathering place, consists of two wood frame structures.

The 1909 Staley-Rouse House is a rare example of vertical and horizontal structural log construction in a domestic design.  The juxtaposition of the vertical logs of the first story with the horizontal logs of the upper story is exceptionally uncommon.