William's Stables
Historic district in Colorado, United States in Central City, Colorado. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the developed areas of Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado, United States. They are adjacent former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado. For a time, the area was known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth, and was the largest urban area of the Colorado Territory in the 1870s.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | On SR 119, Central City, CO |
| County | Gilpin County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000246 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 12 buildings, 1 objects |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | On SR 119, Central City, CO |
| Coordinates | 39.80118, -105.51303 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Rocky Mountain National Park · 40 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Columbine Campground 2 mi · Pickle Gulch 3 mi · Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt Nf (Co) 3 mi |
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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 66000246. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.