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Heavrin-Hughes-Pearis House, West end, North side of Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Heavrin-Hughes-Pearis House, West end, North side of Gunnison Avenue, ...

Significance: Like the Roof House to the east, this house illustrates the accretionary history of St. Elmo residences during the initial 1880's boom. The log cabin was the initial dwelling, built of available ... More

Helmer-Savard House, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Helmer-Savard House, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historic...

Significance: A log cabin of the mid-1880's in good exterior condition, but also with an interior that illustrates the daily residential life of the miner: original wall coverings, furnishings, and appliances h... More

Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical)...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical)...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lowe-Davenport-Ignee House & Barn, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Lowe-Davenport-Ignee House & Barn, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint ...

Significance: A small log cabin of the initial 1880's boom, illustrating the "Anglo-Western" type of plan, i.e., entrance set in gable end. The barn is one of few surviving stable buildings in St. Elmo. The o... More

McKinney-Taber House, 21995 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

McKinney-Taber House, 21995 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), ...

Public domain photograph of a cabin, lodge, log home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clark-Wild-Carlen Duplex, Southwest corner, Pitkin Street & Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Clark-Wild-Carlen Duplex, Southwest corner, Pitkin Street & Gunnison A...

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Lloyd-Rovegno House, Northeast corner, First Street & Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Lloyd-Rovegno House, Northeast corner, First Street & Gunnison Avenue,...

Significance: Another early 1880s log cabin of St. Elmo's first boom. Shows interior plan typical of that period and materials and joinery preferred in Chalk Creek mining district. Orientation of cabin to sou... More

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical...

Significance: One of two commercial buildings surviving from secondary business district of 1880's on Gunnison Avenue. The applied moldings and careful remodeling of facade to create pediment show the refineme... More

Root-Greenstreet House, 21980 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Root-Greenstreet House, 21980 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical)...

Significance: A well-preserved balloon frame cottage of the 1880's surviving north of Chalk Creek on Gunnison Avenue. Shows the rapid advent of dwellings constructed of sawed, dimensioned lumber. Unprocessed ... More

Root House, 22005 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Root House, 22005 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee Co...

Significance: An interesting illustration of the changes in log cabin construction technique from the initial boom of 1880-81 to the later 1880's is seen in the two-part log house of A.W. Root: Saddle notching ... More

Lowe-Davenport-Ignee House & Barn, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Lowe-Davenport-Ignee House & Barn, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint ...

Significance: A small log cabin of the initial 1880's boom, illustrating the "Anglo-Western" type of plan, i.e., entrance set in gable end. The barn is one of few surviving stable buildings in St. Elmo. The o... More

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical...

Significance: One of two commercial buildings surviving from secondary business district of 1880's on Gunnison Avenue. The applied moldings and careful remodeling of facade to create pediment show the refineme... More

Ennis House, North side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Ennis House, North side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Cha...

Significance: A rarity among surviving log cabins at St. Elmo, this cabin illustrates the "Anglo-Western" type first used in the Plains Settlement and later brought to Rocky Mountain mining camps. Unlike other... More