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St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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Summary

Significance: St. Elmo is unique for its vernacular wood frame and log architecture and its high degree of architectural integrity as a late 19th century Rocky Mountain mining town. Through its extant architecture, the contemporary observer can trace the creation, development, and decline of a typical mining community.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N79
Survey number: HABS CO-72
Building/structure dates: 1880-1917 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Milner, Thomas J
Cornwell, C L
Evans, Griffith
Kendrick, Gregory D, project manager
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Thallheimer, Arnold, photographer
Long Hoeft Architects, delineator
Glass, James A, historian
Hendricks, Rickey L, historian
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Location

chaffee county38.75367, -106.25221
Google Map of 38.7536679, -106.2522143
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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