New Listings in the National Register
The Keeper of the National Register, National Park Service, recently
approved the listing of the following properties in the National
Register of Historic Places.
SAGUACHE COUNTY
First Baptist Church of Moffat
401 Lincoln Ave., Moffat
National Register 7/24/2008, 5SH.1020
The 1911 building is an excellent example of the use of on-site formed,
panel-faced ornamental concrete blocks in a small but elegant church building.
The irregular plan and cross-gabled roof building is also noteworthy for its
primary and secondary steeples and its use of pressed metal roof shingles and
siding. Original stained glass windows are present throughout the building as
is the interior pressed metal ceiling. Though structural deterioration is a
current problem, the church retains a high degree of physical integrity in
relation to its original construction. The property is associated with the
Ornamental Concrete Block Buildings
in Colorado, 1900-1940 Multiple Property Submission. (2007 photograph)
Full nomination (
PDF, 748KB)
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
Crown Hill Burial Park
7777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge vicinity
National Register 7/24/2008, 5JF.4502
A five-block historic portion of Crown Hill contains burial groups
memorializing the shared association of local individuals in major
life-altering or life-ending events. For some interees, earlier
participation in a major military action, such as the Civil War or
the Spanish-American War, ultimately brought them to this common place.
For others, the act of establishing and nourishing new communities at
the base of the Colorado Rockies gave them a shared identity and sense
of accomplishment, which is recognized here. Some shared membership in
fraternal organizations whose benefits included adjacent burial plots.
For a few, a common event marked the end of life, as in the 1918 influenza
pandemic. Taken together, the oldest portion of Crown Hill Cemetery physically
conveys the story of the participants in major events of local and national
importance. It also represents contemporary memorial practices involving
the use of common burial plots for interees with shared life associations.
(2007 photograph)
Full
nomination (PDF, 8.28MB)
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