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

Larimer County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fall River Entrance Historic District, Stanley Hotel District, Stanley Hotel District (Stanley Power Plant Boundary Increase), Willard, Beatrice, Alpine Tundra Research Plots and Arrowhead Lodge dating back to 499 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Larimer County historic places including F.O. Stanley, Beatrice E. Willard, William James and William Allen White.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Larimer County places including E.A. Nickel, F.O. Stanley, NPS Branch of Plans and Design, Carl M. Brafford, Brye Gladstone, Donald MacGregor, Alexander Q. MacGregor, National Park Service, Ltd. Taliesin Associated Architects and Alvarado Morse. Prominent architectural styles found in Larimer Country are Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian and Renaissance.

Arrowhead Lodge (added 1992 - - #92000502)

Also known as Site # 5LR 1388

34500 Poudre Canyon Hwy., Roosevelt NF , Bellvue

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gladstone,Brye, Brafford,Carl M.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Hotel, Resort

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Baldpate Inn (added 1996 - - #95001510)

Also known as 5LR484

4900 S. CO 7 , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Mace, Gordon

Architectural Style:

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

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Bee Farm (added 2002 - - #02001409)

Also known as Morse Farm

4320 E. Cty Rd. 58 , Fort Collins

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morse, Alvarado, Bee, Arleigh L., et al.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Bingham Homestead Rural Historic Landscape (added 2013 - - #13000161)

4916 Bingham Hill Rd. (County Rd 50E), Bellvue

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

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

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Downtown Loveland Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000281)

Loveland, Loveland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1974 AD

Elkhorn Lodge (added 1978 - - #78000862)

530 W. Elkhorn Ave. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

James,William

Significant Year:

1877

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

Fall River Entrance Historic District (added 1988 - - #87001139)

Also known as HS-44,HS-169,HS-168

Fall River Entrance , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS Branch of Plans and Design, Nickel,E.A.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure

Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad--Stout Branch (added 2008 - - #08000291)

Also known as Colorado & Southern Ingleside Branch; C&S Rex Branch, 5LR.9960.8

Approx. 1/2 mi. S. of jct. US 287 & Co.Rd. 28 , Laporte

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry, Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hewes--Kirkwood Inn (added 1994 - - #94001254)

Also known as Rocky Ridge Music Center;5LR1794

465 Long Peak Rd. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hewes, Steve, Hewes, Charlie

Architectural Style:

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

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Music Facility, Outdoor Recreation, School

Homestead Meadows Discontiguous District (added 1990 - - #90001476)

Address Restricted , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Laurel School Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000909)

Also known as Midtown Historic District;Midtown;Laurel School

Off U.S. 287 , Fort Collins

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Fuller,Montezuma

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

MacGregor Ranch (added 1989 - - #89001008)

Also known as Black Canyon Ranch

180 MacGregor Ave. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

MacGregor,Donald, MacGregor,Alexander Q.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Museum

McGraw Ranch (added 1998 - - #98001163)

Also known as =Y(Double Bar Y)Ranch;5LR1131;Indian Head Ranch

McGraw Ranch Rd. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Moraine Park Museum and Amphitheater (added 2005 - - #05000602)

Also known as Moraine Lodge; Moraine Lodge Museum, Moraine Park Visitor Center; 5LR477

Rocky Mountain National Park , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

National Park Service, Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Museum, Music Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Museum, Outdoor Recreation

Old Town Fort Collins (added 1978 - - #78000871)

Roughly bounded by College Ave., Mountain, Pine, Willow, and Walnut Sts. , Fort Collins

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Peep O Day Park (added 2011 - - #11000520)

5445 Wild Ln., Loveland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Historic Person:

Wild, Alfred

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Preston Farm (added 2001 - - #01000489)

Also known as 5LR779

4605 S. Ziegler Rd. , Fort Collins

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Preston, Charles B., Preston, Benjamin

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Provost Homestead--Herring Farm Rural Historic Landscape (added 2010 - - #10001053)

2405 N Overland Trail, LaPorte

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Rocky Mountain National Park Utility Area Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001717)

Also known as Beaver Meadows Maintenance Area

Beaver Meadows Entrance Rd. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taliesin Associated Architects,Ltd., National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Park

Rocky Mountain National Park Utility Area Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (added 1990 - - #90000994)

Also known as Beaver Meadows Maintenance Area

Beaver Meadows Entrance Rd. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taliesin Associated Architects,Ltd., National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Park

Stanley Hotel District (added 1985 - - #85001256)

Also known as See Also:Stanley Hotel

333 Wonder View Ave. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stanley,F.O.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Stanley,F.O.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Stanley Hotel District (Stanley Power Plant Boundary Increase) (added 1998 - - #98000321)

Also known as Stanley Power Plant;Fall River Hydroelectric Plant;5LR2164

Fish Hatchery Rd. at Fall R. , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

White, William Allen, Cabins (added 1973 - - #73001944)

W of Estes Park of Moraine Park Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

White,William Allen

Significant Year:

1912, 1914

Area of Significance:

Literature, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Willard, Beatrice, Alpine Tundra Research Plots (added 2007 - - #07001101)

Also known as Rock Cut Research Plot; 5LR10540, Forest Canyon Research Plot; 5LR11754

US 34 at Rock Cut and Forest Canyon , Estes Park

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Willard, Beatrice E.

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Science

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Education, Government, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility, Unoccupied Land

Current Function:

Education, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility, Unoccupied Land