Design and Merchandising Statewide

The First Presbyterian Church in Leadville, CO is located at 801 Harrison Avenue. This Gothic Revival style building was constructed by local members of the Presbyterian congregation and features an open bell tower and decorative glass windows. Constructed in 1889, the First Presbyterian Church featured a William Schuelke Pipe Organ. The organ is one of the most admired historical features of the church and is the only remaining Schuelke organ in Colorado that is still in service. The church was the site of a women’s suffrage speech by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1893.

In 1968, the Presbyterian congregation built a new church and moved the services to the new site. The historic organ was dismantled, restored, and reinstalled at the new church building along with the original bell from the bell tower and the cornerstone. Now known as the “Old Church Arts & Humanities Center,” the First Presbyterian Church is used as a community space for plays, weddings, and other events. First Presbyterian Church is a contributing property to Leadville’s National Historic Landmark District.

The Centennial House in Denver, CO is located on the CU Denver Auraria Campus at 1050 Ninth Street. This Italianate style home was built by Henry Cole but was primarily occupied by Rita Gomez and her family. Constructed in 1876, the home was named to celebrate the centennial year of the United States.

This home and the Auraria neighborhood became property of the state in 1976, displacing a long-standing Hispanic community. Today, the home is occupied by CU Denver, and the University works to honor the home’s history and create a space where all are welcome. This site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1973.

The Bromley Farm/Koizuma-Hishinuma Farm in Brighton, CO is located at 1594 E Bromley Lane. This farm consists of the main house, a wash house, migrant worker house, cistern, silo, barn, milk trough, and metal granary, all added at one point over the site’s period of significance. Believed to have been first occupied around 1899, the farm produced a variety of crops and raised hogs and cattle.

The Bromley Farm/Koizuma-Hishinuma Farm is significant because of its connection to politics, agriculture, and Asian-American history. This site also is one of the last intact representations of an agriculture complex and showcases what went into the operation of a Colorado cattle ranch and farm in the 20th century. This site was added to the National Register of Historic Places and the State Register in 2007.

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The Colorado Capitol Building in Denver, CO is located at 200 E Colfax Avenue. This Neoclassical style building was designed by Elijah Meyers, who also designed the Michigan and Texas state capitols. Constructed in the 1890s, this building serves as the home to our local state government.

The Colorado Capitol is intentionally reminiscent of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. and the builders tried to incorporate as many local materials as possible, celebrating the state of Colorado. It is also the nation’s only capitol building with a LEED Gold Certification. The Colorado Capitol was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1974, as a part of the Colorado Civic Center Historic District and became a National Historic Landmark on October 12, 2012.

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The SPMDTU Concilio Superior in Antonito, CO is located at 603 Main Street. This adobe building with a stucco finish was funded and designed by members of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU) – a Hispanic worker union and mutual-aid society. Constructed in 1925, the SPMDTU Concilio Superior served as the regional headquarters for the union and is still utilized as a meeting space for members today.

The SPMDTU Concilio Superior is the largest building on Main Street in Antonito. This building is almost 100 years old and is a landmark on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

The United Methodist Church in Manzanola, CO is located at 116 S Park Street. The local congregation formed in 1893 and constructed the church in 1908. This building provided a meeting place for the congregation, that had previously been meeting in a local elementary school. The Manzanola United Methodist Church is one of only two churches left in this small eastern Colorado town.

The Manzanola United Methodist Church became well-known in 1915, when it became an essential center for the Black homesteading community known as “The Dry.” “The Dry” was a community of tight-knit Black farming families in the area, named for the notion that the land in Manzanola was flat and dry compared to the land these families came from. In 2024, this building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a locally designated landmark.

The Meeker House in Greeley, CO is located at 1324 9th Avenue. It was designed by Arthur Hotchkiss to provide a home for Greeley’s founding family – Nathan Cook Meeker, Arvilla Meeker, and their three daughters. Constructed in 1870, this two-story adobe brick building cost around $6,000 to build and was one of the finest homes at the time in the area.

The Meeker House has gone through various additions, changes, and owners since its construction. Today, the home is owned by the City of Greeley and is used as the Meeker Home Museum. This building became Greeley’s first museum in 1929 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and the Greeley Historic Register in 1996.

Temple Aaron in Trinidad, CO is located at 407 S Maple Street. This Moorish Revival building was designed by regionally famous architects, the Rapp Brothers, and built by the Congregation Aaron -a Jewish congregation in the area. Constructed in 1889, Temple Aaron is the second oldest synagogue that has been continuously used west of the Mississippi River.

Since the time of Temple Aaron’s construction, the church’s congregation was shrinking, and it became harder to keep up with the costs of maintaining the building. This resulted in the Alfred Freudenthal Memorial Foundation closing the Temple’s doors in 2016.  In 2017, concerned individuals and foundations worked together to preserve the Temple as a Jewish Landmark and Temple Aaron was placed on Colorado’s Most Endangered Places list. In 2024, the Temple won the Endangered Places Progress Award for all the work they have done to preserve the site. This building became a part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, as a part of the Corazon de Trinidad Historic District, and became a National Historic Landmark on December 13, 2023.

The Boulder County Courthouse in Boulder, CO is located at 1325 Pearl Street. This Art Deco style building was designed by Glenn Huntington, a local architect. Constructed in 1933, this five-story sandstone building was built on the site of the original 1882 courthouse, that burnt down in a fire in 1932.

The Boulder County Courthouse became notable after it was the site where the first same-sex marriage license was signed in 1975. This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as a part of the Boulder Historic District, and later became a National Historic Landmark in 2024, recognizing its specific significance to LGBTQ history.