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national historic landmark
12 Porch Notes tagged “national historic landmark,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Conejos County
A steam train climbs out of Antonito and over a 10,000-foot pass
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad runs a coal-fired narrow-gauge steam train 64 miles from Antonito over Cumbres Pass, on a line so intact it was named a National Historic Landmark.
Read note ->History and culture - Lake County
Why Leadville sits where it does: silver, then much more
Leadville grew up around mining in California Gulch, and much of its historic core is recognized as a National Historic Landmark District.
Read note ->History and culture - Conejos County
Pike's Stockade marks where a U.S. expedition camped on the Conejos River
Near the Conejos River in Conejos County, Pike's Stockade is a reconstruction of the 1807 log fort built by the Zebulon Pike expedition, a National Historic Landmark managed by History Colorado.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
The Durango–Silverton train was built to haul ore, not tourists
The narrow-gauge railroad that climbs to Silverton was built in the early 1880s to move ore and supplies, and it is now a National Historic Landmark that still runs in summer.
Read note ->History and culture - Boulder County
Boulder's Chautauqua is a living piece of a national movement
The Colorado Chautauqua in Boulder, built in 1898 as a summer education and culture retreat, is a National Historic Landmark and still operates today.
Read note ->History and culture - Kit Carson County
Burlington keeps a working antique carousel that is a National Historic Landmark
The Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington is an early-1900s wooden carousel the county bought in the 1920s, later named a National Historic Landmark.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
Mayflower Mill: Silverton's ore mill still set up to run
Two miles outside Silverton, the Mayflower Mill keeps its original 1930 ore-processing machinery in place, and the historical society opens it for self-guided summer tours.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
Most of Silverton sits inside a National Historic Landmark district
Much of the town of Silverton is a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its mining-era buildings, which is worth knowing if you own or change a property there.
Read note ->History and culture - Gilpin County
Why Central City and Black Hawk are a National Historic Landmark district
Central City, Black Hawk, and Nevadaville form a National Historic Landmark district, a high federal recognition that helps explain the area's strict building rules.
Read note ->History and culture - Montezuma County
Lowry Pueblo is a national landmark you can walk up to
Northwest of Cortez, Lowry Pueblo is a designated National Historic Landmark in Canyons of the Ancients, with standing masonry rooms and a Great Kiva you can visit on a developed trail.
Read note ->History and culture - Teller County
Cripple Creek's brick downtown was rebuilt after the 1896 fires
Two 1896 fires destroyed Cripple Creek's wooden business district, and the brick-and-stone Bennett Avenue you see today is the rebuild, now a National Historic Landmark.
Read note ->History and culture - Denver County
Civic Center was Denver's City Beautiful centerpiece
Civic Center Park between the Capitol and the City and County Building was built in the early 1900s as Denver's grand public space and is now a National Historic Landmark.
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