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

Rio Blanco County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Canon Pintado and Pyramid Guard Station.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Prehistoric - Plains, Fremont Culture and Ute dating back to 500.

The famous person Father Escalante is associated with one of more of the Rio Blanco County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rio Blanco County places including Civilian Conservation Corps and James L. Brownlee. Prominent architectural styles found in Rio Blanco Country are .

Canon Pintado (added 1975 - - #75000538)

Address Restricted , Rangely

Skyerise, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Person

Historic Person:

Escalante,Father,et al.

Significant Year:

1776

Area of Significance:

Art, Exploration/Settlement, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Prehistoric - Plains, Fremont Culture, Ute

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Pyramid Guard Station (added 2008 - - #07001354)

Also known as 5RB.2882

Cty. Rd. 8 , Yampa

Laurenemax, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brownlee, James L., Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Conservation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949