List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks in Colorado, two of which extend into New Mexico.^[1]

National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

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^[2]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated^[3]	Location	County	Description
1	Bent's Old Fort	Bent's Old Fort More images	December 19, 1960 (#66000254)	La Junta 38°02′23″N 103°25′36″W / 38.0397748°N 103.4266500°W / 38.0397748; -103.4266500 (Bent's Old Fort)	Otero	Adobe fort built in 1833 to trade with Plains Indians and trappers, on Santa Fe Trail
2	Central City/Black Hawk Historic District	Central City/Black Hawk Historic District More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000246)	Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′47″W / 39.8010090°N 105.5130620°W / 39.8010090; -105.5130620	Gilpin	Former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, once known as the 'Richest Square Mile on Earth
3	Colorado Chautauqua	Colorado Chautauqua More images	February 10, 2006 (#78000830)	Boulder 39°59′54″N 105°16′49″W / 39.9983190°N 105.2802682°W / 39.9983190; -105.2802682 (Colorado Chautauqua)	Boulder	This 1898 Chautauqua is the only one West of the Mississippi, one of only four continuously operating since its inception, and the only one open year round.
4	Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex (Minnequa Steel Works)	Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex	January 13, 2021 (#100006242)	215 and 225 Canal St. 38°14′17″N 104°36′46″W / 38.23804°N 104.61287°W / 38.23804; -104.61287	Pueblo	First major steel works west of the Mississippi.
5	Cripple Creek Historic District	Cripple Creek Historic District	July 4, 1961 (#66000939)	Cripple Creek 38°44′48″N 105°10′31″W / 38.7467790°N 105.1753060°W / 38.7467790; -105.1753060 (Cripple Creek Historic District)	Teller	The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills
6	Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad	Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad More images	October 16, 2012 (#73000462)	Antonito, CO and Chama, NM 37°04′11″N 106°00′43″W / 37.06972°N 106.01202°W / 37.06972; -106.01202 (Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad)	Conejos, CO, Archuleta, CO, and Rio Arriba, NM	Longest & most complete representation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railroading.
7	Denver Civic Center	Denver Civic Center	October 16, 2012 (#12001017)	Denver 39°44′21″N 104°59′20″W / 39.7391667°N 104.9888889°W / 39.7391667; -104.9888889 (Denver Civic Center)	Denver	City Beautiful-era civic center.
8	Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad	Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000247)	Durango to Silverton 37°16′09″N 107°52′57″W / 37.26912°N 107.88253°W / 37.26912; -107.88253	La Plata and San Juan	Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between Durango and Silverton
9	Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District	Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District More images	November 13, 1966 (#66000243)	Georgetown and Silver Plume 39°42′22″N 105°41′51″W / 39.7060984°N 105.6975041°W / 39.7060984; -105.6975041	Clear Creek	Historic district which includes the silver mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume as well as the 1884 railway engineering marvel which connects them, the Georgetown Loop Railroad.
10	Granada Relocation Center (Amache National Historic Site)	Granada Relocation Center More images	February 10, 2006 (#94000425)	Granada 38°02′55″N 102°19′42″W / 38.0486203°N 102.3282454°W / 38.0486203; -102.3282454 (Granada Relocation Center)	Prowers	World War II Japanese American internment center
11	Leadville Historic District	Leadville Historic District More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000248)	Leadville 39°14′50″N 106°17′29″W / 39.2472900°N 106.2913170°W / 39.2472900; -106.2913170 (Leadville Historic District)	Lake	Historic Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area
12	Lindenmeier site	Lindenmeier site	January 20, 1961 (#66000249)	Norfolk 40°58′48″N 105°03′44″W / 40.979898°N 105.062256°W / 40.979898; -105.062256 (Lindenmeier site)	Larimer	The only extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE.
13	Lowry Ruin	Lowry Ruin More images	July 19, 1964 (#66000253)	Pleasant View 37°35′05″N 108°55′13″W / 37.58469°N 108.92017°W / 37.58469; -108.92017 (Lowry Ruin)	Montezuma	Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva
14	Ludlow Tent Colony Site	Ludlow Tent Colony Site More images	January 16, 2009 (#85001328)	Ludlow 37°20′21″N 104°35′02″W / 37.3392453°N 104.5837849°W / 37.3392453; -104.5837849 (Ludlow Tent Colony Site)	Las Animas	Site of 1914 miners' strike that culminated in Ludlow Massacre
15	Mesa Verde Administrative District	Mesa Verde Administrative District More images	May 29, 1987 (#87001410)	Mesa Verde National Park 37°11′03″N 108°29′17″W / 37.1841624°N 108.4881439°W / 37.1841624; -108.4881439	Montezuma	First buildings built by the National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921
16	Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 (Burlington Carousel)	Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 More images	February 27, 1987 (#78000861)	Burlington 39°18′33″N 102°16′14″W / 39.3090670°N 102.2706890°W / 39.3090670; -102.2706890	Kit Carson	Carousel built for Elitch Gardens in 1905. In 1928 it moved to Kit Carson County fairgrounds where it remains open today. It is the only antique carousel in America retaining its original paint on both the scenery panels and the animals, and it is the only surviving Philadelphia Toboggan Company menagerie carousel.
17	Pikes Peak	Pikes Peak More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000245)	Colorado Springs 38°50′26″N 105°02′42″W / 38.8405839°N 105.0449035°W / 38.8405839; -105.0449035 (Pikes Peak)	El Paso	Pike's Peak (everything above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) elevation). This mountain was inspiration for "America the Beautiful" as well as the motto "Pike's Peak or Bust"
18	Pike's Stockade	Pike's Stockade More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000244)	Sanford 37°17′37″N 105°48′37″W / 37.2936205°N 105.8102975°W / 37.2936205; -105.8102975 (Pike's Stockade)	Conejos	Explorer Zebulon Pike set up a fort here.
19	Raton Pass	Raton Pass More images	December 19, 1960 (#66000474)	Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM 36°59′28″N 104°29′12″W / 36.9911344°N 104.4866544°W / 36.9911344; -104.4866544 (Raton Pass)	Las Animas, CO and Colfax, NM	Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado
20	Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp	Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp More images	August 4, 2015 (#90000725)	Morrison, CO 39°39′56″N 105°12′21″W / 39.6655433°N 105.2058221°W / 39.6655433; -105.2058221	Jefferson	Denver Mountain Park and camp where workers stayed while building the park's amphitheater.
21	Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (Beaver Meadows Visitor Center)	Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building More images	January 3, 2001 (#01000069)	Estes Park 40°21′59″N 105°33′40″W / 40.3662840°N 105.5610180°W / 40.3662840; -105.5610180	Larimer	Also known as the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, it was designed by Taliesin Associated Architects, their first major work after Frank Lloyd Wright had died. It demonstrated how modern architecture could be successful inside the National Parks and was the last significant project in Mission 66.
22	Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill	Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill	February 16, 2000 (#00000262)	Silverton 37°49′44″N 107°37′39″W / 37.8288855°N 107.6275605°W / 37.8288855; -107.6275605 (Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill)	San Juan	Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado.
23	Silverton Historic District	Silverton Historic District More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000255)	Silverton 37°48′46″N 107°39′46″W / 37.8128640°N 107.6627670°W / 37.8128640; -107.6627670 (Silverton Historic District)	San Juan	Former silver mining town, home of the Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill and one end of the Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad
24	Telluride Historic District	Telluride Historic District More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000256)	Telluride 37°56′15″N 107°48′45″W / 37.9375170°N 107.8124040°W / 37.9375170; -107.8124040 (Telluride Historic District)	San Miguel	Former gold mining boomtown, it is now an artistic retreat and a ski resort town
25	Temple Aaron	Temple Aaron	December 11, 2023 (#100009802)	Trinidad 37°09′59″N 104°30′10″W / 37.16637°N 104.50285°W / 37.16637; -104.50285 (Temple Aaron)	Las Animas	One of the oldest synagogues in Colorado
26	Trujillo Homesteads	Trujillo Homesteads	February 1, 2012 (#03001544)	Mosca 37°44′02″N 105°44′11″W / 37.73382°N 105.73636°W / 37.73382; -105.73636 (Trujillo Homesteads)	Alamosa	Early ranch settlement (1880s) in the San Luis Valley, with a surviving period ranch house; located on a Nature Conservancy property near Great Sand Dunes National Park.
27	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area	April 1, 2004 (#04000484)	Colorado Springs 39°00′31″N 104°53′25″W / 39.0086350°N 104.8902880°W / 39.0086350; -104.8902880	El Paso	Bold use of Modern architecture at the United States Air Force Academy, especially with the Cadet Chapel
28	Winks Panorama	Winks Panorama	December 13, 2023 (#100009805)	Pinecliffe 39°55′16″N 105°27′25″W / 39.92111°N 105.45694°W / 39.92111; -105.45694 (Winks Panorama)	Gilpin	Hotel that catered to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century

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References

^ "List of NHLs by State". National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.