The two-story red brick and stucco building is an important example of early community planning and development. 

The bridge was constructed in 1924 to access what was then the Wheeler Ranch east of Del Norte.

Constructed in 1924, for private access to the Sutherland Ranch east of Del Norte, the bridge consists of a rigid-connected, six-panel timber Warren pony truss, with verticals at all panel points, and a log kingpost pony truss approach. 

Believed to have been built in 1881, the building is an unusual example of an Hispanic adobe church with a cruciform plan and an apse.

The homestead includes a remarkably intact collection of log buildings dating from the mid-1870s.  Of particular significance is the two-story log house.

The district is one of the best remaining examples of a mountain village of the late 1800s.  Nearly all of the buildings are of log construction, have gabled roofs, and date from the last two decades of the 19th century. 

Located on the smaller of the two lakes at the foot of Mt. Elbert, the resort was developed between 1883 and 1890 by wealthy Leadville miner James V. Dexter.  The primary building, the Interlaken Hotel, is a two-story log structure the facade of which is faced with board and batten.

The Matchless Mine is significant for industry and social history as a working silver mine and for its association with Horace Austin Warner Tabor from 1879 to 1899, and with Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Bonduel McCourt Tabor form 1901 to 1935.

The hatchery was established in 1889 by Executive Order of President Benjamin Harrison as the first national fish hatchery in the Rockies.

The district encompasses a scattered collection of architecturally distinctive and historically important masonry buildings supported by numerous residential and commercial buildings that contribute to the overall appearance associated with late 19th century western mining towns.