Downtown Cheyenne Historic District

Roughly bounded by 15th and 16th Sts., Central and Pioneer Aves., Cheyenne, Wyoming. County/parish: Laramie.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 22, 1978. NRIS 78003434.

29 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

• Atlas Theater
• Downtown Cheyenne
• See Also:Union Pacific Depot

From Wikipedia:

Downtown Cheyenne Historic District

The Downtown Cheyenne Historic District in Cheyenne, Wyoming is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is an area of about seven blocks, in the core of the original business district of Cheyenne, and home of many of the first masonry commercial buildings in Cheyenne.

Its boundaries have been increased three times. The revised district, in 1996, included 96 buildings, 67 of which were deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area, and several of which were previously individually listed on the National Register.

Key buildings include:

• Richardsonian Romanesque red and gray sandstone Union Pacific Railroad Depot (designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006),
• the two-story brick Dinneen Building with two towers framing a diagonal facade, and
• Romanesque Revival style Masonic Temple.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73730442

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