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Saguache Downtown Historic District

Coordinates: 38°05′14″N 106°08′13″W / 38.08722°N 106.13694°W / 38.08722; -106.13694
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Saguache Downtown Historic District
Saguache Downtown Historic District is located in Colorado
Saguache Downtown Historic District
LocationRoughly 300 & 400 blocks of 4th St., Saguache, Colorado
Coordinates38°05′14″N 106°08′13″W / 38.08722°N 106.13694°W / 38.08722; -106.13694
Area7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
NRHP reference No.14000433[1]
Added to NRHP2014

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 early twentieth century commercial buildings, including an impressive number of buildings featuring false front and adobe construction."[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b R. Laurie Simmons; Thomas H. Simmons (March 3, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Saguache Downtown Historic District / 5SH.4597" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2020. With accompanying 38 photos from 2013