Saguache Downtown Historic District Explained

Saguache Downtown Historic District
Coordinates:38.0872°N -106.1369°W
Added:2014
Area:7.7acres
Refnum:14000433[1]

The Saguache Downtown Historic District, a historic district in Saguache, Colorado, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1] The listing included 32 contributing buildings and four contributing structures.[2]

It was deemed significant "for its historic role as the commercial center of the Town of Saguache and the upper San Luis Valley since its founding in 1874. The district is further locally significant [for its] intact collection of one- and two-story late nineteenth- and earlytwentieth century commercial buildings, including an impressive number of buildings featuring false front and adobe construction."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saguache Downtown . National Park Service. January 8, 2020.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Saguache Downtown Historic District / 5SH.4597 . National Park Service. R. Laurie Simmons . Thomas H. Simmons . March 3, 2014 . January 8, 2020. With