Monte Vista Downtown Historic District

Jct. of First Ave. and Washington St., Monte Vista, Colorado. County/parish: Rio Grande.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 01, 1991. NRIS 91001612.

9 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Monte Vista Downtown Historic District

The Monte Vista Downtown Historic District, in Monte Vista, Colorado, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It included nine contributing buildings and some non-contributing ones.

The district is in the area of the junction of 1st Ave. and Washington St. It includes:

• 810 First Avenue (1892), a legal office building
• 806 First Avenue (1892), built of rhyolite stone
• State Bank building, 800 First Avenue (1890)
• Hunter Mercantile Company, 747 First Avenue (1906)
• Monte Vista Armory, 15 Washington Street (1921–22)
• Monte Vista Bank and Trust, 803 First Avenue (1918–19)
• 809 First Avenue (1902)
• 813/815 First Avenue (1903)
• 819 First Avenue (1905), Correll-Dunker Candy Kitchen

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84132717

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