The 1881 Rudd House and the circa 1860 Rudd Cabin are associated with the Anson Rudd family, early settlers of Cañon City.  Both buildings are open to the public as part of the city’s museum program.

Designed for the Royal Gorge Bridge and Amusement Company by George F. Cole, the steel wires, castings, and rolled components for its towers were assembled at the Minnequa plant of Colorado Fuel and Iron in Pueblo. 

The 1884 three-story brick house with its mansard roof is one of the few well preserved examples of the Second Empire Style in Colorado.  The residence illustrates a quality of design and richness of detail unmatched in the Cañon City area. 

The Rio Grande Hotel served for four generations as a railroad hotel.  The 1907 building is architecturally significant as an example of a commercial structure constructed entirely of concrete blocks, a popular building material during the first third of the 20th century.

Constructed in 1906, this was the only municipal building for the town of Prospect Heights.  Previously a Slavic enclave of mine workers, the enterprising residents incorporated to take advantage of the neighboring "dry" communities of Cañon City and South Cañon. 

Oil Spring is the location of the first commercial production of oil in Colorado between 1860 and 1881.  Prospecting at the site led to the formation of the state’s first oil company in 1860.  Colorado’s first oil well was drilled there in 1862-63.

Constructed in 1897 on the 1880 foundations of the Colorado Collegiate and Military Institute, it is Cañon City’s oldest school building.  The academy, a girl’s boarding school conducted by the Benedictine Sisters, has operated continuously since 1890.

Constructed in 1872, the three-story brick commercial structure reflects the vernacular building tradition of the territorial period.

Constructed in 1924, the school is important to the history of education in Cañon City.  It is one of two schools constructed after the consolidation of the South Cañon and Cañon City school districts and is the oldest intact school building in the city.

Designed by Joseph Dillon and L.A. Des Jardins, construction began in 1924 on this massive 3½-story brick building built in a modified cruciform plan.