Victor Downtown Historic District Explained

Victor Downtown Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Roughly bounded by Diamond Ave., Second, Portland and 5th Sts., Victor, Colorado
Coordinates:	38.7108°N -105.1403°W
Architecture:	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Romanesque
Added:	July 3, 1985
Area:	22acres
Refnum:	85001463

Victor Downtown Historical District is a 22acres historic district encompassing several blocks of Victor, Colorado which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 55 contributing buildings out of 66 buildings in total. The district is bounded roughly by Diamond Avenue, Second, Portland and Fifth Streets.

It includes:

• Page Building (1899), 123 4th Street, a two-story brick commercial building
• Assay Office/Rooming House (c.1899), 119-121 4th Street, a two-story brick commercial building with brick corbelling and a projecting cornice.
• Gift Shop (1899), 415 Victor Avenue, a two-story, brick building with a plain boxed cornice and a paneled parapet
• Boston Building (1900), 410 Victor Avenue, two-story brick commercial building.^[1]
• Midland Terminal Railroad Depot
• Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill
• Victor City Hall
• Victor Hotel
• Western Federation of Miners Union Hall

See also

• Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
• Colorado Labor Wars
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Teller County, Colorado

Further reading

• Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001463}} Victor Downtown Historic District - NRHP Nomination Form ]. National Register of Historic Places . 2013-05-22.

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001463}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Victor Downtown Historic District ]. National Park Service. Barbara Norgren . Ruth Schauer . September 1984 . June 27, 2018. With