Colorado - Larimer County - Historic Districts
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
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ron Sladek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Chris Whitted, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Suellen0829, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Suellen0829, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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