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Colorado - Mesa County - Historic Districts
Mesa County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Grand Valley Diversion Dam and Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex, Cross Land and Fruit Company Orchards and Ranch, North Seventh Street Historic Residential District and Rim Rock Drive Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mesa County places including U.S. Reclamation Service, Cecil Doty, Phil Romigh, NPS, CCC and Eugene Groves. Prominent architectural styles found in Mesa Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Mission/Spanish Revival and Modern Movement.

Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex (added 2003 - - #03000647)
Also known as 5ME.11658
Colorado National Monument , Fruita
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Romigh, Phil, Doty, Cecil
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Cross Land and Fruit Company Orchards and Ranch (added 1980 - - #80000912)
Also known as Cross Ranch;Cross Orchards
NE of Grand Junction at 3079 F Rd. , Grand Junction
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Economics, Agriculture, Architecture, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Department of Energy Grand Junction Office (added 2016 - - #16000470)
Grand Junction, Grand Junction
Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Industry, Other
Period of Significance:
1925-1974 AD
Grand Valley Diversion Dam (added 1991 - - #91001485)
Also known as Bureau of Land Management Designation 5 ME 301
Across Colorado R. N of jct. with Plateau Cr., 8 mi. NE of Palisade , Palisade
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., U.S. Reclamation Service
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Invention, Agriculture, Social History, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Water Works
North Seventh Street Historic Residential District (added 1984 - - #84000870)
7th St. between Hill and White Aves. , Grand Junction
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Groves,Eugene
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Rim Rock Drive Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000310)
Also known as Scenic Rim Rock Road;5ME5944
Colorado National Monument , Grand Junction
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
NPS
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Transportation, Conservation, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Saddlehorn Utility Area Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000308)
Colorado National Monument , Grand Junction
Cropbot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
CCC, NPS
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government, Other
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office
Current Function:
Government, Other
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
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