The 1882 Masonic Placer Cemetery - Valley Brook Cemetery has an unusual Celtic cross design and is important for its association with the development of the Town of Breckenridge and Summit County.  

Located in the Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles west of Denver, Breckenridge is an example of a mining boom town that experienced a new era of prosperity as a result of the post World War II boom in the ski industry.  Settlement in the area began in 1859.  

The site, located at an elevation of 11,498 feet, was a key element of the Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad’s route that ran from Como to Breckenridge and then on to Leadville.  

Built between 1937 and 1939, this collection of six architecturally significant sandstone buildings represents some of the finest Depression-era construction in Colorado.  

Completed in 1899, the large four-story beige and tan brick commercial building sits on a prominent corner lot in downtown Victor. 

The district contains many relatively unaltered and contiguous commercial, public, fraternal and religious buildings of late 19th and early 20th century design.  They form the commercial core of an important mining community that composed part of the Cripple Creek-Victor Mining District. 

The Midland Terminal Railroad was one of three that served this major mining district.  The railroad arrived in 1894, and the depot opened for passenger and freight service the following year.  The railroad brought ores down to Colorado Springs and Pueblo for processing and sustained the mining community by transporting necessities and luxuries.  

The Independence Mine and Mill is located on the south slope of Battle Mountain at an altitude of approximately 9,780 feet.  In 1891, Winfield Scott Stratton made the first major strike of gold in the Cripple Creek/Victor area.  The most intensive period of development of the mine coincided with the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the restoration of the gold standard of currency.  

The simple two-story wood frame building has a flat roof.  The community erected the building in 1899.  By 1900, Goldfield was the third largest town in the booming Cripple Creek mining district. 

The ranch is associated with the early settlement and agricultural development of the Florissant area.  The oldest structures date to the 1875 homesteading of the ranch.