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This page lists special places and buildings in Pitkin County, Colorado, that are on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a list of important historical sites in the United States.

These places are chosen because they are very important to the history of Pitkin County and the whole country. There are 36 amazing spots in the county that have made it onto this special list!


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Historic Places in Pitkin County

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Armory Hall, Fraternal Hall
A brick building with trapezoidal roof overhanging the sidewalk on its right side at an intersection. Signs say it is at the 100 block of South Galena Street and the 500 block of East Hopkins Avenue.
June 5, 1975
(#75000529)
 130 S. Galena St.
39°11′23″N 106°49′05″W / 39.18973°N 106.81798°W / 39.18973; -106.81798 (Armory Hall, Fraternal Hall)		 Aspen This building was first built in 1892 as an armory, a place for military supplies. Over time, it was used for public meetings and even a roller skating rink! Since 1956, it has been Aspen's City Hall.
2 Ashcroft, Colorado
Four small old wooden houses seen at some distance with high hills in the background.
May 12, 1975
(#75000533)
 12 miles (19 km) south of Aspen in the White River National Forest
39°03′16″N 106°47′52″W / 39.054444°N 106.797778°W / 39.054444; -106.797778 (Ashcroft, Colorado)		 Aspen In the early 1880s, about a thousand people lived in this mining town. It became a ghost town after the last person left in 1939.
3 Aspen Community Church
An orange stone building with a rounded tower in front and large pointy-arched entrance in the middle, partially obscured by trees on either side. In the front right a white car is parked in the street.
May 12, 1975
(#75000530)
 200 N. Aspen St.
39°11′32″N 106°49′15″W / 39.19215°N 106.82096°W / 39.19215; -106.82096 (Aspen Community Church)		 Aspen This is the only church in Aspen on the list. It was built in 1891 and has a unique style called Richardsonian Romanesque.
4 Boat Tow
An L-shaped green open latticework steel structure on a small rise. The long end runs parallel to the ground to where it is supported by two diagonal beams in front of some deciduous trees with light trunks. On the bottom of the middle section is another section housing a large red pulley wheel parallel to the ground. A smaller red pulley and cable can be seen in the top of the short section.
June 22, 1990
(#90000866)
 700 S. Aspen St.
39°11′14″N 106°49′21″W / 39.18723°N 106.82262°W / 39.18723; -106.82262 (Boat Tow)		 Aspen This is a piece of the very first ski lift built for the Aspen ski area. At the time, it was said to be the longest ski lift in the world!
5 Bowles–Cooley House
A brick house with green wooden trim, porch and cross-gabled roof with tall brick chimney seen from its front left, with some large shrubs partially obscuring the view.
March 6, 1987
(#87000188)
 201 W. Francis St.
39°11′38″N 106°49′25″W / 39.19390°N 106.82352°W / 39.19390; -106.82352 (Bowles–Cooley House)		 Aspen Built in 1889, this was the largest house in Aspen at the time. It has a fancy style called Queen Anne.
6 Matthew Callahan Log Cabin
An unpainted dark brown wooden house amid tall trees in two sections. The taller one, on the right, has a pointed roof with a small brick chimney rising from the middle.
March 6, 1987
(#87000150)
 205 S. 3rd St.
39°11′28″N 106°49′37″W / 39.19117°N 106.82695°W / 39.19117; -106.82695 (Matthew Callahan Log Cabin)		 Aspen This house has one of the few original miner's cabins left in Aspen. It's the only one from before 1885 made of logs cut by hand.
7 Collins Block–Aspen Lumber and Supply
A two-story brick building on a street corner seen from the opposite corner. It is lit by the sun from the right. At the street the sidewalk is sheltered by a roof supported by round white columns; the building's exterior there is faced in rough stone. Medium-sized trees are planted along the street. At the flat roofline is a wide black and white cornice; in the background at right is a wooded mountaintop.
March 6, 1987
(#87000191)
 204 S. Mill St.
39°11′22″N 106°49′10″W / 39.18958°N 106.81931°W / 39.18958; -106.81931 (Collins Block–Aspen Lumber and Supply)		 Aspen This building was one of the last big construction projects in Aspen until the mid-1900s. It has special classical decorations, like columns, that are unique for a commercial building in the city.
8 Dixon–Markle House
A light blue wooden house with pointed roof and a covered white-trimmed porch. There is a square projecting section on the left corner. The view is slightly obscured by trees; at the edges a distant ridgeline can be seen. In the foreground, at the bottom, is a pink stone walk and black iron fence
March 6, 1987
(#87000165)
 135 E. Cooper Ave.
39°11′19″N 106°49′22″W / 39.18861°N 106.82266°W / 39.18861; -106.82266 (Dixon–Markle House)		 Aspen This miner's house, built in 1888, has a unique corner design. You won't find it in other Queen Anne style homes in Aspen.
9 D.E. Frantz House
An ornate pale yellow wooden house with a pointed roofline between two tall evergreen trees. There is a white picket fence in front and a distant ridgeline in the rear.
March 6, 1987
(#87000152)
 333 W. Bleeker St.
39°11′34″N 106°49′33″W / 39.19267°N 106.82593°W / 39.19267; -106.82593 (D.E. Frantz House)		 Aspen This 1886 Queen Anne house is the only Victorian house in Aspen that still has its original oriel window (a window that sticks out from the wall).
10 Samuel I. Hallett House
A one-story light blue house with a front porch supported by square pillars, seen from its front right, with some tree branches at the corners. There is a pink flag flying from the pillar closest to the camera. In the distance is a high ridgeline.
March 6, 1987
(#87000155)
 432 W. Francis St.
39°11′42″N 106°49′35″W / 39.19491°N 106.82646°W / 39.19491; -106.82646 (Samuel I. Hallett House)		 Aspen During a renovation in the mid-1900s, parts of an original 1885 log cabin were found inside this house!
11 Holden Mining and Smelting Co.
A wooden building with a pointed roof between two dirt paths, with some machinery next to it on the right. In the rear left are wooded mountains, and a stand of trees with yellow leaves is on the rear right.
June 22, 1990
(#90000867)
 1000 block of W. State Highway 82
39°11′34″N 106°50′05″W / 39.19278°N 106.83472°W / 39.19278; -106.83472 (Holden Mining and Smelting Co.)		 Aspen When this building was constructed in 1891, it had the tallest smokestack in Colorado! Today, it's a museum about ranching and mining.
12 Hotel Jerome
A three-story brick building, seen from its left front across a street with a traffic signal in front, and lit by the sun from its right. It has ornate windows, round-arched at the top, and a decorative wooden shelter at its main entrance. Atop the parapeted roof there is a flagpole.
March 20, 1986
(#86000459)
 330 E. Main St.
39°11′27″N 106°49′10″W / 39.19097°N 106.81947°W / 39.19097; -106.81947 (Hotel Jerome)		 Aspen Built in 1889, this famous hotel was one of the first buildings west of the Mississippi River to have electric lights. Its ballroom is the only one in Aspen that is above ground.
13 Hyman–Brand Building
A two-story light brown stone building on a street corner, with a narrow entrance facing the camera in the center of the image. It is lit by the sun from the left. There are storefronts along both sides at street level; all the windows on the second story . Above the main entrance is an awning with the word "Dior" on it, and above the second-story window a semicircular black plaque with "Brand Building, 1891, Aspen, Colorado" on it in gold letters. An American flag is on a pole above that. In the background is a rocky and forested ridgeline with some cleared areas.
January 18, 1985
(#85000085)
 203 S. Galena St.
39°11′22″N 106°49′07″W / 39.18944°N 106.81861°W / 39.18944; -106.81861 (Hyman–Brand Building)		 Aspen This stone building from 1891 is the only one left that was funded by David Hyman, an early investor in Aspen. It has been a gas station and car dealership, and now it holds fancy shops.
14 Thomas Hynes House
A small light blue wooden house with dark blue, and in some cases red, trim. There is a small plot with grassy plants and flowers in front, and signs saying "Matsuhisa".
March 6, 1987
(#87000157)
 303 E. Main St.
39°11′26″N 106°49′13″W / 39.19066°N 106.82025°W / 39.19066; -106.82025 (Thomas Hynes House)		 Aspen This miner's cabin from 1887 is one of the best original cabins still standing in Aspen. It has not changed much over the years.
15 Independence and Independence Mill Site
Several small wooden buildings in a valley with evergreens and snow-capped mountains in the distance
April 11, 1973
(#73000484)
 On State Highway 82 in White River National Forest
39°06′23″N 106°36′19″W / 39.10639°N 106.60528°W / 39.10639; -106.60528 (Independence and Independence Mill Site)		 White River National Forest Independence was Pitkin County's first settlement, started as a mining camp in 1879. It was a busy place for a while, but the gold ran out. Most people left during a very hard winter, making it a ghost town.
16 La Fave Block
A two-story yellow brick building on the corner of Hunter and Cooper streets with purple and green trim. A pointed section above the roof has "1888" in large letters written on it. In the rear, at the top of the image, is a wooded, rocky ridgeline.
March 6, 1987
(#87000193)
 405 S. Hunter St.
39°11′15″N 106°49′05″W / 39.18762°N 106.81801°W / 39.18762; -106.81801 (La Fave Block)		 Aspen This fancy commercial building from 1888 is the second-oldest brick building in Aspen. It used to be a ski shop and is now a very valuable property.
17 Maroon Creek Bridge
An old metal bridge across a grassy, wooded gorge, seen from its right. Diagonal supports go down below the bridge. There is a wooded mountain in the background.
February 4, 1985
(#85000222)
 State Highway 82
39°12′04″N 106°50′57″W / 39.20111°N 106.84917°W / 39.20111; -106.84917 (Maroon Creek Bridge)		 Aspen The Colorado Midland Railroad built this bridge in 1888 to bring trains to Aspen. It was closed in 1929 but later widened for cars. It was the oldest bridge used on a Colorado highway until 2008.
18 New Brick–The Brick Saloon
A narrow three-story red brick building with ornate black trim, connected to lower buildings on either side, seen from its right, with tree branches entering the frame from either side. The words "Red Onion" are in vertical gold lettering on the right side. In front are tables with red umbrellas and people seated around them.
March 6, 1987
(#87000185)
 420 E. Cooper Ave.
39°11′18″N 106°49′10″W / 39.18824°N 106.81932°W / 39.18824; -106.81932 (New Brick–The Brick Saloon)		 Aspen This saloon, built in 1892, has been known as "The Red Onion" for a long time. It is Aspen's oldest restaurant that is still open today.
19 Newberry House
A green wooden house with white trim and two pointed roofs.
March 6, 1987
(#87000158)
 206 Lake Ave.
39°11′42″N 106°49′22″W / 39.19503°N 106.82284°W / 39.19503; -106.82284 (Newberry House)		 Aspen This house, built in 1890, was once owned by famous actor Jack Nicholson until 2013. It was originally called the Judge Shaw House.
20 Osgood Castle
An elaborate stone and wood building with many peaked roofs and chimneys with a wooded hill behind it.
June 28, 1971
(#71000216)
 About 1 mile south of Redstone on State Highway 133
39°10′09″N 107°14′29″W / 39.16917°N 107.24152°W / 39.16917; -107.24152 (Osgood Castle)		 Redstone John C. Osgood built this unique mansion in 1902. It mixes different styles like Tudor Revival and Swiss chalet. It was later used as a hotel and is now known as Redstone Castle.
21 Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge
A dark brown two-story wooden house with white wooden trim and a pointed roof amid some tall trees.
July 19, 1989
(#89000933)
 18679 State Highway 133
39°10′14″N 107°14′42″W / 39.17063°N 107.24506°W / 39.17063; -107.24506 (Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge)		 Redstone This Swiss Chalet style house was built in 1901 for the Osgood estate. Its design has both beautiful and practical features.
22 Osgood–Kuhnhausen House
A one-story tan and pink house with a pyramidal beige roof in a wooded setting. The trees in front have yellow autumn leaves
August 18, 1983
(#83001327)
 0642 Redstone Boulevard
39°11′14″N 107°14′05″W / 39.18718°N 107.23463°W / 39.18718; -107.23463 (Osgood–Kuhnhausen House)		 Redstone This small house from 1901 is a great example of the many cottages Osgood built for workers in Redstone. It is still in its original condition.
23 Pitkin County Courthouse
An ornately decorated brick building with a multicolored tiled lightly peaked roof and a central tower, also ornate. There are small trees in front. On a small projection from the front is a silvery statue of a woman.
May 12, 1975
(#75000531)
 506 E. Main St.
39°11′26″N 106°49′03″W / 39.19063°N 106.81756°W / 39.19063; -106.81756 (Pitkin County Courthouse)		 Aspen This courthouse was built in 1890. Look closely at the statue of Lady Justice in front of it – she is not wearing her usual blindfold!
24 Redstone Coke Oven Historic District
Round stone structures with large openings on the left built into a grassy hillside behind a wooden fence. There is a snow-capped mountain in the rear.
February 7, 1990
(#89002385)
 State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Rd.
39°10′52″N 107°14′29″W / 39.18111°N 107.24139°W / 39.18111; -107.24139 (Redstone Coke Oven Historic District)		 Redstone These round stone structures are coke ovens built in 1899. They are some of the few left in the Western United States. Some have been restored to look like they did originally.
25 Redstone Historic District
A colorful one-and-a-half-story wooden building with a pointed wooden shingled roof and large signs on the front and in front reading "Redstone General Store". There are some old gas pumps out front. To the left is another house in a mixture of colors.
July 19, 1989
(#89000934)
 Roughly along the Crystal River from Hawk Creek to 226 Redstone Boulevard
39°10′51″N 107°14′22″W / 39.18083°N 107.23944°W / 39.18083; -107.23944 (Redstone Historic District)		 Redstone The main part of Redstone is a rare example of a "company town" from the late 1800s and early 1900s that is still mostly unchanged.
26 Redstone Inn
An ornate two-story building with a central clock tower and red roof in the rear of the left side of the image. On the right is a large sign in the foregrounds with "Redstone Inn" in large gothic letters, "Historic Landmark" in smaller type above it, and "Restaurant & Bar" below
March 27, 1980
(#80000920)
 0082 Redstone Boulevard
39°10′49″N 107°14′23″W / 39.18018°N 107.23978°W / 39.18018; -107.23978 (Redstone Inn)		 Redstone This building from 1902 was originally a dormitory for coal miners who were not married. It combines Tudor Revival and Swiss Chalet styles.
27 Riede's City Bakery
An off-white wooden building attached to a brick building on the left and a slightly similar building on the right, seen at an angle to the right. At street level is a storefront for "Noori's Collection" with carpets and statues displayed in front. Above it is a plain wooden front between two bracketed wooden projections.
March 6, 1987
(#87000182)
 413 E. Hyman Ave.
39°11′20″N 106°49′10″W / 39.18883°N 106.81942°W / 39.18883; -106.81942 (Riede's City Bakery)		 Aspen This building, dating back to the 1880s, is one of only two wooden commercial buildings left in Aspen from its early boom years.
28 Sheely Bridge
A short dark metallic bridge with rectilinear and diagonal elements over a stream with woods on either side and a wooded mountain in the background
February 4, 1985
(#85000223)
 Mill Street Park
39°11′35″N 106°49′02″W / 39.19313°N 106.81714°W / 39.19313; -106.81714 (Sheely Bridge)		 Aspen This steel bridge was built by Charles Sheely in 1911. It was moved to Aspen from Carbondale in the 1960s. It was one of the first bridges in Colorado to use rivets (special metal fasteners).
29 Shilling–Lamb House
A wooden house with a conical tower in front. There is a tall tree on the left, and many shrubs in front, behind an unpainted wooden picket fence and overgrown grass
March 6, 1987
(#87000163)
 525 N. 2nd St.
39°11′43″N 106°49′27″W / 39.19532°N 106.82415°W / 39.19532; -106.82415 (Shilling–Lamb House)		 Aspen This Queen Anne style house from 1890 has a unique attached tower, making it the only house of its kind in Aspen with this feature.
30 Smith–Elisha House
A large wooden house, yellow and orange with green trim and many projecting gables
January 19, 1989
(#87002121)
 320 W. Main St.
39°11′32″N 106°49′33″W / 39.19224°N 106.82579°W / 39.19224; -106.82579 (Smith–Elisha House)		 Aspen This large wooden house, built in 1890, was once called the "Christmas tree house" because of its many projecting parts. It is considered one of Aspen's most beautiful Queen Anne homes.
31 Smuggler Mine
A wooded slope with two large bare patches of loose rock visible. At the bottom of the image are some vehicles and old temporary buildings. In the middle between the two are some wooden buildings and a flagpole with the American flag
May 18, 1987
(#87000194)
 Smuggler Mountain
39°11′34″N 106°48′24″W / 39.19273°N 106.80671°W / 39.19273; -106.80671 (Smuggler Mine)		 Aspen This is the only silver mine still working in Aspen. In the 1890s, it produced a huge amount of silver, including the largest silver nugget ever found, which weighed over a ton!
32 Ute Cemetery
A square rusticated stone marker on a pedestal next to an evergreen tree in a grassy area with a low metal fence around it. In the background is a wooded ridgeline.
April 1, 2002
(#02000291)
 Ute Ave.
39°10′55″N 106°48′44″W / 39.18194°N 106.81222°W / 39.18194; -106.81222 (Ute Cemetery)		 Aspen This cemetery was started in 1880. Many working-class residents of Aspen were buried here, especially during the Great Depression.
33 Davis Waite House
A blue wooden house with cream-colored trim, a pointed roof and a small porch with decorative wooden trim
March 6, 1987
(#87000160)
 234 W. Francis St.
39°11′40″N 106°49′27″W / 39.19439°N 106.82410°W / 39.19439; -106.82410 (Davis Waite House)		 Aspen This Victorian house from 1888 was the home of Davis H. Waite. He was a governor of Colorado for one term and helped start the Aspen Daily Times newspaper.
34 Henry Webber House–Pioneer Park
A two-story house of painted beige brick on the first story with a steeply-angled dark brown shingled roof on top from which three dormer windows project, the middle one from a slightly projecting trapezoid. The ground floor has two identical projecting bay windows, with a double wooden door in the middle atop a short flight of brick steps. Flowerpots hang from the roof and there are two small figurines on the porch. In front is an iron fence, lamppost, and flowers. At the right is part of a tree trunk, with part of an evergreen on the left.
March 6, 1987
(#87000189)
 442 W. Bleeker St.
39°11′36″N 106°49′36″W / 39.19330°N 106.82677°W / 39.19330; -106.82677 (Henry Webber House–Pioneer Park)		 Aspen This house, built in 1885, is the only complete Second Empire style house in Aspen. A famous person named Albert Schweitzer stayed in its carriage house in 1949.
35 Wheeler Opera House
A three-story orange stone building on a slightly curved street corner, lit by sun from the right. The windows at street level have awnings; those at the top are in rounded arches. The face of the building on the left has a small pointed top at the roof. At street level an awning on that face has "Wheeler Opera House" on it; the word "Bank" is carved into the stone on the corner face above an awning with "Bentley's" written on it.
August 21, 1972
(#72000276)
 330 E. Hyman Ave.
39°11′22″N 106°49′12″W / 39.18933°N 106.81995°W / 39.18933; -106.81995 (Wheeler Opera House)		 Aspen This stone building from 1889 was the first property in Aspen to be listed as historic. It still has a walk-in safe from the bank that was originally on its first floor.
36 Wheeler–Stallard House
An ornate brick house with a gabled section projecting at the left and a hipped roof on the main section behind it. The doors, windows and porch have detailed wooden trim painted red, yellow and green.
May 30, 1975
(#75000532)
 620 W. Bleeker St.
39°11′38″N 106°49′44″W / 39.19386°N 106.82902°W / 39.19386; -106.82902 (Wheeler–Stallard House)		 Aspen This Queen Anne style house was built in 1888 by Jerome Wheeler, an early business owner in Aspen. Since 1969, it has been home to the Aspen Historical Society.
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