330 Burnett St., Poncha Springs, Colorado. County/parish: Chaffee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 25, 1990. NRIS 89002375.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Poncha Springs Schoolhouse, at 330 Burnett St. near Poncha Springs, Colorado in Chaffee County, Colorado, was built in Italianate style during 1881–83. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was then the Poncha Springs Town Hall and Museum.
It is a two-story building, T-shaped in plan, built of masonry with prominent quoins and a "belvedere style" cupola / bell tower. In 1990, the original bell was stored in the basement.
It was deemed a "town landmark" and significant "for its excellent representation of the Italianate style of architecture that is used in many masonry buildings in Chaffee County."
In 2021 it continues to hold the town hall and a museum.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84128533