List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
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This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. There are 29 National Historic Landmarks in Colorado, two of which extend into New Mexico.[1]
Key
| National Historic Landmark | |
| † | National Historic Landmark District |
| # | National Historic Site, National Historical Park, National Memorial, or National Monument |
| * | Delisted Landmark |
National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
| [2] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[3] | Location | County | Description |
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| 1# | Bent's Old Fort |  |
December 19, 1960 (#66000254) |
La Junta 38°02′23″N 103°25′36″W |
Otero | Adobe fort built in 1833 to trade with Plains Indians and trappers, on Santa Fe Trail |
| 2 | Boulder County Courthouse | .jpg) |
December 13, 2024 (#100011355) |
1300/1325 Pearl Street 40°01′06″N 105°16′41″W |
Boulder | First place in the nation where same-sex marriage certificates were issued. |
| 3† | Central City/Black Hawk Historic District |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000246) |
Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′47″W |
Gilpin | Former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, once known as the 'Richest Square Mile on Earth |
| 4† | Colorado Chautauqua |  |
February 10, 2006 (#78000830) |
Boulder 39°59′54″N 105°16′49″W |
Boulder | This 1898 Chautauqua is the only one West of the Mississippi, one of only four continuously operating since its inception, and the only one open year round. |
| 5 | Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex (Minnequa Steel Works) |
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January 13, 2021 (#100006242) |
215 and 225 Canal St. 38°14′17″N 104°36′46″W |
Pueblo | First major steel works west of the Mississippi. |
| 6† | Cripple Creek Historic District |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000939) |
Cripple Creek 38°44′48″N 105°10′31″W |
Teller | The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills |
| 7† | Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad |  |
October 16, 2012 (#73000462) |
Antonito, CO and Chama, NM 37°04′11″N 106°00′43″W |
Conejos, CO, Archuleta, CO, and Rio Arriba, NM | Longest & most complete representation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railroading. |
| 8† | Denver Civic Center |  |
October 16, 2012 (#12001017) |
Denver 39°44′21″N 104°59′20″W |
Denver | City Beautiful-era civic center. |
| 9 | Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000247) |
Durango to Silverton 37°16′09″N 107°52′57″W |
La Plata and San Juan | Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between Durango and Silverton |
| 10† | Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District |  |
November 13, 1966 (#66000243) |
Georgetown and Silver Plume 39°42′22″N 105°41′51″W |
Clear Creek | Historic district which includes the silver mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume as well as the 1884 railway engineering marvel which connects them, the Georgetown Loop Railroad. |
| 11 | Granada Relocation Center (Amache National Historic Site) |
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February 10, 2006 (#94000425) |
Granada 38°02′55″N 102°19′42″W |
Prowers | World War II Japanese American internment center |
| 12† | Leadville Historic District |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000248) |
Leadville 39°14′50″N 106°17′29″W |
Lake | Historic Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area |
| 13 | Lindenmeier Site |  |
January 20, 1961 (#66000249) |
Norfolk 40°58′48″N 105°03′44″W |
Larimer | The only extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE. |
| 14 | Lowry Ruin |  |
July 19, 1964 (#66000253) |
Pleasant View 37°35′05″N 108°55′13″W |
Montezuma | Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva |
| 15 | Ludlow Tent Colony Site |  |
January 16, 2009 (#85001328) |
Ludlow 37°20′21″N 104°35′02″W |
Las Animas | Site of 1914 miners' strike that culminated in Ludlow Massacre |
| 16† | Mesa Verde Administrative District |  |
May 29, 1987 (#87001410) |
Mesa Verde National Park 37°11′03″N 108°29′17″W |
Montezuma | First buildings built by the National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921 |
| 17 | Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 (Burlington Carousel) |
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February 27, 1987 (#78000861) |
Burlington 39°18′33″N 102°16′14″W |
Kit Carson | Carousel built for Elitch Gardens in 1905. In 1928 it moved to Kit Carson County fairgrounds where it remains open today. It is the only antique carousel in America retaining its original paint on both the scenery panels and the animals, and it is the only surviving Philadelphia Toboggan Company menagerie carousel. |
| 18 | Pikes Peak |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000245) |
Colorado Springs 38°50′26″N 105°02′42″W |
El Paso | Pike's Peak (everything above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) elevation). This mountain was inspiration for "America the Beautiful" as well as the motto "Pike's Peak or Bust" |
| 19 | Pike's Stockade |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000244) |
Sanford 37°17′37″N 105°48′37″W |
Conejos | Explorer Zebulon Pike set up a fort here. |
| 20 | Raton Pass |  |
December 19, 1960 (#66000474) |
Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM 36°59′28″N 104°29′12″W |
Las Animas, CO and Colfax, NM | Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado |
| 21 | Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp |  |
August 4, 2015 (#90000725) |
Morrison, CO 39°39′56″N 105°12′21″W |
Jefferson | Denver Mountain Park and camp where workers stayed while building the park's amphitheater. |
| 22 | Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (Beaver Meadows Visitor Center) |
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January 3, 2001 (#01000069) |
Estes Park 40°21′59″N 105°33′40″W |
Larimer | Also known as the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, it was designed by Taliesin Associated Architects, their first major work after Frank Lloyd Wright had died. It demonstrated how modern architecture could be successful inside the National Parks and was the last significant project in Mission 66. |
| 23 | Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill |  |
February 16, 2000 (#00000262) |
Silverton 37°49′44″N 107°37′39″W |
San Juan | Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado. |
| 24† | Silverton Historic District |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000255) |
Silverton 37°48′46″N 107°39′46″W |
San Juan | Former silver mining town, home of the Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill and one end of the Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad |
| 25† | Telluride Historic District |  |
July 4, 1961 (#66000256) |
Telluride 37°56′15″N 107°48′45″W |
San Miguel | Former gold mining boomtown, it is now a ski resort town |
| 26 | Temple Aaron | -2.JPG) |
December 11, 2023 (#100009802) |
Trinidad 37°09′59″N 104°30′10″W |
Las Animas | One of the oldest synagogues in Colorado |
| 27† | Trujillo Homesteads |  |
February 1, 2012 (#03001544) |
Mosca 37°44′02″N 105°44′11″W |
Alamosa | Early ranch settlement (1880s) in the San Luis Valley, with a surviving period ranch house; located on a Nature Conservancy property near Great Sand Dunes National Park. |
| 28† | United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area |  |
April 1, 2004 (#04000484) |
Colorado Springs 39°00′31″N 104°53′25″W |
El Paso | Bold use of Modern architecture at the United States Air Force Academy, especially with the Cadet Chapel |
| 29 | Winks Panorama |
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December 13, 2023 (#100009805) |
Pinecliffe 39°55′16″N 105°27′25″W |
Gilpin | Hotel that catered to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century |
