Cash-Criss-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (h...
Significance: This building illustrates the changing economy of St. Elmo as it passed through its final boom. Stores decreased in number; demand for rental rooms and houses increased. Mrs. Stark responded by ... More
Hyman-Fleck-Wilber House, On slope south of east end of Main Street, S...
Significance: The cabin illustrates the practice of some miners to erect cabins on public land outside the St. Elmo townsite. The land belonged to the U.S. Government; the house to the builder, usually under l... More
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Dalrymple-Guynn House, 21700 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Cha...
Significance: One of the first generation log cabins of St. Elmo in well-preserved condition. The building illustrates several of the features typical of the early cabins: saddle notching, four over four windo... More
Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical)...
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Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Williams-Hurley House, West side of First Street, South of Chalk Creek...
Significance: One of the original log cabins erected in 1880, in the initial boon. Illustrates log construction popular in Chalk Creek District in 1880: rounded logs, saddle notching, clapboard or vertical pla... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Hellman's Saloon & Miner's Exchange, North side of East Main Street, S...
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St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
Williams-Hinman-Soderlind House, 21970 Main Street, Saint Elmo (histor...
Significance: The house's architectural integrity is largely gone. Historically the house is interesting for the changes in ethnic background and occupation of its owners; from Anglo-Saxon small businessman Wi... More
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
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
American House Hotel, Northwest corner, First & Main Streets, Saint El...
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Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
Pawnee Mill Stable & Blacksmith Shop, Poplar Street, South Side, Saint...
Significance: The only buildings surviving in St. Elmo associated with mining and milling. Also illustrates the role of horses and wagons in the mining and milling operations and the type of construction verti... More
Pushor-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (histo...
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St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
McKinney-Hellman House, 91690 First Street, Saint Elmo (historical), C...
Significance: A house enlarged and remodeled during the final boom at St. Elmo, using materials and joinery of 1907 (e.g. tongue and groove clapboards). The commercial use of the building originally illustrate... More
McKenzie-Ottoson House, Poplar Street, North Side, Saint Elmo (histori...
Significance: A well-preserved example of a two-story log cabin of the 1880's decade unusual in the mountain mining camps, in which most early buildings, both residential and commercial, were one to 1 1/2 stori... More
Cash-Williams Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (hist...
Significance: The building is interesting architecturally for the simulation in wood of urban, masonry, commercial blocks composed of multiple shops. It also illustrates the widespread speculative building ent... More
Hyman-Gill House, On hill South of St. Elmo Trading Post, Saint Elmo (...
Significance: The cabin illustrates the wide spread practice among miners of erecting a log dwelling on public land, leased from the U.S. Government; perhaps viewed as more economical that building or buying in... More
Roads Building I, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical)...
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Hellman's Saloon & Miner's Exchange, North side of East Main Street, S...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Evans-Whittenberger Fire Wall & Savard Building, South side, East Main...
Significance: The presence of the Evans-Whittenberger Fire Wall serves as a reminder of the constant fear of fire under which the Rocky Mountain mining camps lived. The buildings were mostly of dry pine or jun... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
Lowe House II, 19575 Pitkin Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee C...
Significance: Possibly built by the Lowe clan, owners of much St. Elmo real estate, operators of a saw mill, and officers in the St. Elmo Land and Improvement Co., the townsite company. This house is part of a... More
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 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
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
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...
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
Stark House, South side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Ch...
Significance: An example of the wooden, balloon framed cottage that appeared in Rocky Mountain mining camps after first building boom, when carpenters, saw mills, and pattern books were available. Survey numbe... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Rogers-Smith Building, South side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (histo...
Significance: This is a well-preserved example of the one-story, false fronted commercial building erected in Rocky Mountain mining camps during the 1880's and 1890's. The facade, apparently dates to a later b... More
Stark Duplex, West side of Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaff...
Significance: The duplex is one of few buildings in St. Elmo dating the final boom after 198. Architecturally, the use of corner posts, rather than true notching, is typical of log buildings erected after 1900... More
McKinney-Taber House, 21995 Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), ...
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Clark-Wild-Carlen Duplex, Southwest corner, Pitkin Street & Gunnison A...
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Evans-Whittenberger Fire Wall & Savard Building, South side, East Main...
Significance: The presence of the Evans-Whittenberger Fire Wall serves as a reminder of the constant fear of fire under which the Rocky Mountain mining camps lived. The buildings were mostly of dry pine or jun... More
St. Elmo Mercantile Company, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elm...
Significance: One of the two major general stores that served St. Elmo during its final boom from c. 1908 to 1917. Architecturally shows the retention of overall design and details of earlier decades. The bra... More
St. Elmo Mercantile Company, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elm...
Significance: One of the two major general stores that served St. Elmo during its final boom from c. 1908 to 1917. Architecturally shows the retention of overall design and details of earlier decades. The bra... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Merrill-Vickerson House, 21698 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), C...
Significance: Another log cabin of the early 1880's surviving in well-preserved condition. A.C. Merrill may have erected this house as a duplex for rental purposes, as suggested by the two entry doors. At lea... More
Russell-Thorp Building, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Cha...
Significance: Represents the first commercial buildings erected in a Colorado Rocky Mountain mining camp of c. 1880 after the sawmill was established. Vertical planks were hastily put together to form the char... More
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
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
Pawnee Mill Stable & Blacksmith Shop, Poplar Street, South Side, Saint...
Significance: The only buildings surviving in St. Elmo associated with mining and milling. Also illustrates the role of horses and wagons in the mining and milling operations and the type of construction verti... More
Pushor-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (histo...
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St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Yockey-Doyle Building, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elmo (his...
Significance: Represents the limited rebuilding that took place on the north side of E. Main Street after the major fire of 1890. Shows the retention of the false front and gable-roofed building for commercial... More
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
St. Elmo Mercantile Company, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elm...
Significance: One of the two major general stores that served St. Elmo during its final boom from c. 1908 to 1917. Architecturally shows the retention of overall design and details of earlier decades. The bra... More
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
Stark House, South side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Ch...
Significance: An example of the wooden, balloon framed cottage that appeared in Rocky Mountain mining camps after first building boom, when carpenters, saw mills, and pattern books were available. Survey numbe... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
Paramount Mine, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
For additional information, see HABS No. CO-72, St. Elmo Historic District. Survey number: HAER CO-23
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Lowe House I, North side, Pitkin Street, Southwest on North Fork, Chal...
Significance: Illustrates a first generation wooden balloon frame house in the mining camp, built soon after the first sawmill went into operation. In this case the owners of the house operated a sawmill. Sho... More
Lowe House I, North side, Pitkin Street, Southwest on North Fork, Chal...
Significance: Illustrates a first generation wooden balloon frame house in the mining camp, built soon after the first sawmill went into operation. In this case the owners of the house operated a sawmill. Sho... More
Hellman's Saloon & Miner's Exchange, North side of East Main Street, S...
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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
St. Elmo Mercantile Company, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elm...
Significance: One of the two major general stores that served St. Elmo during its final boom from c. 1908 to 1917. Architecturally shows the retention of overall design and details of earlier decades. The bra... More
St. Elmo Mercantile Company, North side of East Main Street, Saint Elm...
Significance: One of the two major general stores that served St. Elmo during its final boom from c. 1908 to 1917. Architecturally shows the retention of overall design and details of earlier decades. The bra... More
Pawnee Mill Stable & Blacksmith Shop, Poplar Street, South Side, Saint...
Significance: The only buildings surviving in St. Elmo associated with mining and milling. Also illustrates the role of horses and wagons in the mining and milling operations and the type of construction verti... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
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
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee ...
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall t... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
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 architec... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...
Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Whitney-Maine House, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffe...
Significance: The house is notable historically as one of the most substantial residences erected in St. Elmo, the home of E.P. Whitney, builder and proprietor of one of the principal hotels of the 1880-85 boom... More
Pawnee Mill Stable & Blacksmith Shop, Poplar Street, South Side, Saint...
Significance: The only buildings surviving in St. Elmo associated with mining and milling. Also illustrates the role of horses and wagons in the mining and milling operations and the type of construction verti... More