Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Colorado - Douglas County
Douglas County Colorado has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lamb Spring, Douglas County Courthouse, Franktown Cave, Louviers Village and Louviers Village Club.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Proto Historic, Archaic, Early And Middle Ceramic, Paleo-Indian, Pre-Clovis, Eary Archaic and Woodland dating back to 10999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Douglas County historic places including Benjamin Quick and John Kinner.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Douglas County places including E.I. du Pon de Nemours and Company, Benjamin Quick, Benjamin Hammar, John Blunt, John Kinner, Horace Greeley Knapp, Colorado Department of Highways, N. S. Grout, John Geiger and Jules Jacques Benoit Benedict. Prominent architectural styles found in Douglas Country are Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Bungalow/Craftsman.

American Federation of Human Rights Headquarters (added 1998 - - #98000247)
Also known as 5DA1097
9070 S. Douglas Blvd. , Larkspur
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Bear Canon Agricultural District (added 1975 - - #75000517)
Also known as See Also:St. Philip's-in-the-Field
S of Denver on both sides of CO 105 from CO 67 S to Jarre Creek , Denver
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Post Office, Processing, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Castle Rock Depot (added 1974 - - #74000575)
Also known as Denver & Rio Grande Railway Depot at Castle Rock
420 Elbert St. , Castle Rock
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hammar,Benjamin
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Castle Rock Elementry School (added 1984 - - #84000827)
Also known as Cantril School;state survey no.:5DA342
3rd and Cantril Sts. , Castle Rock
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italian Villa
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
archives document
Cherokee Ranch (added 1994 - - #94001228)
Also known as Sunflower Ranch;Blunt Homestead;Flower Homestead;5DA708
N of Co. Rd. 85 and S of Daniels Park Rd. , Sedalia
Panoramio upload bot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Blunt, John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
archives document
Cherry Creek Bridge (added 2002 - - #02001147)
Also known as 5DA1519, CDOT No. G-18-BL
CO 83 at milepost 46.30 , Franktown
Howcheng, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Colorado Department of Highways, Monaghan, J.H.& N.M. & Associates
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Church of St. Philip-in-the-Field and Bear Canon Cemetery (added 1973 - - #73000471)
5 mi. S of Sedalia on CO 105 , Sedalia
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Grout,N. S.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Daniels Park (added 1995 - - #95000795)
Also known as Florence Martin Ranch;Riley Hill;Wild Cat Point;5DA1009
Along Douglas Co. Rd. 67 NE of Sedalia , Sedalia
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Benedict, Jules Jacques Benoit
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
More Information:
archives document
Devils Head Lookout (added 2003 - - #03000518)
Also known as 5DA960, Devil's Head Lookout
South Platte District, Pike National Forest , Sedalia
Glennfcowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
archives document
Douglas County Courthouse (added 1978 - - #76000558)
301 Wilcox St. , Castle Rock
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
Dyer, Samuel, House (added 2016 - - #16000836)
Castle Rock, Castle Rock
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1937 AD
First National Bank of Douglas County (added 1995 - - #95000440)
Also known as Masonic Building;5DA661
300 Wilcox St. , Castle Rock
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bettcher, George Louis
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
archives document
Franktown Cave (added 2006 - - #05001561)
Address Restricted , Franktown
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Exploration/Settlement, Economics, Industry, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Proto Historic, Archaic, Early And Middle Ceramic
Period of Significance:
6000-6499 BC, 5500-5999 BC, 1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Glen Grove School (added 1974 - - #74000576)
N of Palmer Lake off Perry Park Rd. , Palmer Lake
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Saunders,Ben
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Hammar, Benjamin, House (added 1993 - - #92001847)
Also known as Doctor's House (Alexander,George E.,M.D.);5DA 645
203 Cantril St. , Castle Rock
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hammar,Benjamin
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Indian Park School (added 1978 - - #78000857)
10 mi. (16 km) W of Sedalia on CO 67 , Sedalia
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Keystone Hotel (added 1997 - - #97000594)
Also known as Castle Hotel and Cafe;5DA681
219 and 223 4th St. , Castle Rock
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Kinner, John, House (added 1974 - - #74000578)
6694 Perry Park Rd. , Sedalia
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kinner,John,et al.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Kinner,John
Significant Year:
1896
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Lamb Spring (added 1997 - - #97000208)
Also known as 5DA83
Address Restricted , Littleton
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Paleo-Indian, Pre-Clovis, Archaic
Period of Significance:
9000-10999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Louviers Village (added 1999 - - #99000710)
Also known as 5DA1391
Louviers Blvd.,Hillcrest Dr.,Triangle Dr., Main St.,Valley View St, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sts. , Louviers
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Industry, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Library, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Louviers Village Club (added 1995 - - #95001117)
Also known as 5DA1016
Jct. of Louviers Blvd. and First St. , Louviers
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Social History, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Music Facility, Post Office, Specialty Store, Sport Facility, Theater
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Library, Sport Facility
More Information:
archives document
Pike's Peak Grange No. 163 (added 1990 - - #90001502)
Also known as 5DA.341
3093 CO 83 , Franktown
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
archives document
Quick, Ben, Ranch and Fort (added 1974 - - #74000577)
Also known as Quick House;Fort Washington Site
6695 W. Plum Creek Rd. , Palmer Lake
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Quick,Benjamin
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Historic Person:
Quick,Benjamin
Significant Year:
1885
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Roxborough State Park Archaeological District (added 1983 - - #83001316)
Also known as Roxborough Park
Address Restricted , Waterton
Smallbones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Entertainment/Recreation, Prehistoric, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Eary Archaic, Woodland
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1900-1924, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Ruth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1989 - - #89000332)
Also known as Parker United Methodist Church
19670 E. Mainstreet , Parker
Hudacko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Holmes,William
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Santa Fe Railway Water Tank (added 2003 - - #03000237)
Also known as Sedalia Water Tank, 5DA1385
US 85 W of jct. with CO 67 , Sedalia
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Denver & Santa Fe Railway Company
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Public Works
More Information:
archives document
Sinclaire, Reginald, House (added 1991 - - #91001418)
6154 Perry Park Rd. , Larkspur
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Irrigation Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Spring Valley School (added 1978 - - #78000856)
Also known as The School House
E of Larkspur at Spring Valley and Lorraine Rds. , Larkspur
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Geiger,John, Bucks,Harrison
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Victor House (added 1974 - - #74002368)
5132 Plum Ave. , Sedalia
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