As Cañon City’s oldest cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery is the final resting place for some of the city’s earliest and most influential settlers, including those involved in shaping the local economy, politics and culture.  

Nominated through the Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS, the 1895 Garden Park School served as the educational center for the children of local ranching families from its opening until consolidation closed the school in 1961.  As the only public building on the landscape for miles, it also served as an important place for social gatherings such as “literaries”, dances, Sunday school, and theater productions.

The well-preserved building and its surrounding wall were constructed with ornamental concrete block, a popular building material used in Colorado from 1900 to 1940. 

This site has been delisted from the National Register but remains on the State Register.

V.B. Humphrey designed this pin-connected, six-panel steel Pratt through truss constructed by Pueblo’s Bullen Bridge Company in 1891.  

Since its construction in 1902, the massive stone church with its prominent tower has served as an architectural landmark for the community.  In design, the building illustrates a significant local interpretation of Victorian styling applied to church architecture.

This brick building was the residence of Judge Kent Eldred, who had a major influence on the community’s legal and political system.

Located just outside the walls of the Colorado State Penitentiary, the two-story masonry residence was designed by Charles C. Rittenhouse, an architect credited with the design of several other Cañon City buildings. 

Utilizing prison labor, the two-story stuccoed concrete building was completed in 1935.  Located just outside the eastern wall of the Colorado State Penitentiary, it continued to serve as a correctional facility for women until 1968.

Colorado Springs architect Thomas MacLaren employed elements from several architectural styles in his design for this 1902 church. 

Constructed in 1922, the building is associated with the initiation and maintenance of a National Guard unit in Cañon City, and it is the longest continuously used Armory in the state.  With its large open drill area and stage, it became much more than a military training facility.