National Historic Landmark · historic district · Georgetown-Silver Plume, Colorado

Georgetown Schoolhouse

Historic district in Colorado, United States in Georgetown-Silver Plume, Colorado. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Historic Georgetown, Colorado
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What it is

Wikipedia · Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District

The Georgetown–Silver Plume National Historic Landmark District is a federally designated United States National Historic Landmark that comprises the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two silver mining towns along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressI-70, Georgetown-Silver Plume vicinity, CO
CountyClear Creek County
ListedNov 13, 1966
Reference number66000243
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources16 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressI-70, Georgetown-Silver Plume, CO
Coordinates39.70763, -105.69599 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitRocky Mountain National Park · 45 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Chicago Creek 3 mi · Echo Lake 6 mi · Guanella Pass 7 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000243. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.