National Register of Historic Places - Colorado (CO), Pueblo County

Pueblo County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Indian Petroglyphs and Pictographs, Squirrel Creek Recreational Unit and Butler House, Pitkin Place Historic District and Pueblo City Park Zoo.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Ute dating back to 1000.

The famous person Arthur H. Carhar is associated with one of more of the Pueblo County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Pueblo County places including James Brownlee, Frank H. Culley, WPA CCC, Elliott, S. F., et al., G. W. Roe, E.W. Shutt, George Roe, Arthur Hawthorne Carhart and P. P. Mills. Prominent architectural styles found in Pueblo Country are Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian and Pueblo.

Butler House (added 1984 - - #84000880)

Also known as Butler Ranch-Hermosilla Branch;state survey no.:5EP636

6916 Broadacre Rd. , Pueblo

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1865, 1880

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Indian Petroglyphs and Pictographs (added 1976 - - #76000566)

Also known as Turkey Creek Canyon

Address Restricted , Penrose

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Ute

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Military Facility

Pitkin Place Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000880)

Also known as 300 Block W. Pritkin

S side of 300 block W. Pitkin Pl. , Pueblo

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shutt,E.W., Roe,George

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Pueblo City Park Zoo (added 1995 - - #95000934)

Also known as Pueblo Zoo;Pueblo Zoological Gardens;5PE587

3455 Nuckolls Ave. , Pueblo

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

WPA, Elliott, S. F., et al.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government, Art, Social History, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park

Pueblo Mountain Park (added 1994 - - #94001343)

Also known as Pueblo Metropolitan Park;5PE1663

1 mi. S of Co. Rd. 220 on S. Pine Dr. (CO 78) in the San Isabel NF , Beulah

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

CCC, WPA, Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne

Architectural Style:

Pueblo

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Architecture, Education, Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Squirrel Creek Recreational Unit (added 2005 - - #05000215)

Also known as Squirrel Creek Recreation District, 5PE.5346 and 5CR.492

San Isabel National Forest , Beulah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brownlee, James, Culley, Frank H.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other

Historic Person:

Carhar, Arthur H.

Significant Year:

1922, 1947, 1919

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Union Avenue Historic Commercial District (added 1982 - - #82001021)

Also known as Union Avenue;1024784372;177510

Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Main St., Grand and Victoria Aves. , Pueblo

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mills, P. P., Roe,G. W.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Organizational

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Organizational