Colorado - Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County Colorado has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance. Significant places include Comanche Crossing of the Kansas Pacific Railroad and Commandant of Cadets Building, US Air Force Academy, Arapahoe Acres, Brown, David W., House and Curtis School.

Several famous people are associated with these Arapahoe County historic places including David W. Brown, James Dreher Maitland and Alexis C. Foster.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Arapahoe County places including U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, Merrill H. Hoyt, William E. Fisher, Edward Hawkins, Hoyt, Burnham, F., Ron & Henry DeBoer, W. Gordon Jamieson, Jules J.B. Benedict, Joseph Wilson and Roland L. Linder. Prominent architectural styles found in Arapahoe Country are Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Arapaho Hills (added 2012 - - #12000550)
Bounded by Arrowhead, W. Berry, & S. Manitou Rds., S. Lowell Blvd., Littleton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
International Style, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
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Arapahoe Acres (added 1998 - - #98001249)
Also known as 5AH1434
Roughly bounded by W. Bates and Dartmouth Aves., and S. Marion and Franklin Sts. , Englewood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Hawkins, Edward
Architectural Style:
International Style, Other
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Brown, David W., House (added 1980 - - #80000875)
2303 E. Dartmouth Ave. , Englewood
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williamson,George H.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Brown,David W.
Significant Year:
1979
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Comanche Crossing of the Kansas Pacific Railroad (added 1970 - - #70000152)
On Union Pacific Railroad tracks E of the Strasburg depot , Strasburg
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
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Commandant of Cadets Building, US Air Force Academy (added 2007 - - #07000340)
Also known as 5AH2908, Lowry Air Force Base Building 880
1016 Boston St. , Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Other
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Curtis School (added 1992 - - #92000808)
Also known as 5AH459
2349 E. Orchard Rd. , Greenwood Village
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Museum
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DeLaney Barn (added 1989 - - #89000010)
Also known as The Silo;The Milk Barn;Bresnahan Ranch
200 S. Chambers Rd. , Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Englewood Post Office (added 2011 - - #11000465)
3332 S. Broadway, Englewood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
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Foster--Buell Estate (added 1998 - - #98000294)
Also known as Buell Mansion;Sanmar;Alcynka Farm;5AH222
2700 E. Hampden Ave. , Cherry Hills Village
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Fisher, William E.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Foster, Alexis C.
Significant Year:
1919, 1935
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Economics
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling
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Geneva Home (added 1999 - - #98001635)
Also known as Geneva Lodge, 5AH729
2305 W. Berry Ave. , Littleton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Sanatorium
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Professional
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Gully Homestead (added 1986 - - #86000022)
200 S. Chambers Rd. , Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1975-2000, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Museum
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Hopkins Farm (added 2007 - - #07000341)
Also known as 5AH.2932, Blackmer Estate; Quincy Farm
4400 E. Quincy Ave. , Englewood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Linder, Roland L.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling
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Jamaica Primary School (added 2017 - - #100000928)
800 Jamaica Street, Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1959-1967 AD, 1959-1961 AD
Key Savings and Loan Association Building (added 2016 - - #16000447)
Englewood, Englewood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Knight--Wood House (added 2004 - - #04001111)
Also known as Centennial Gas Liquids Building, 5AH.1985
1860 W. Littleton Blvd. , Littleton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
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Little Estate (added 1998 - - #98000610)
Also known as 5AH1432
1 Littleridge Ln. , Cherry Hills Village
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Jamieson, W. Gordon
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Littleton Main Street (added 1998 - - #98000291)
Also known as Littleton Main Street Historic District;5AH1430
Roughly along W. Main St., from S. Curtice St. to S. Sycamore St. , Littleton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Benedict, Jules J.B.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Italianate, Moderne
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater
More Information:
Littleton Town Hall (added 1980 - - #80000876)
Also known as Littleton Center for Cultural Arts
2450 W. Main St. , Littleton
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Benedict,J.J.B.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
More Information:
Maitland Estate (added 1998 - - #98001130)
Also known as Mayfield Estate;Digby Estate;5AH1431
9 Sunset Dr. , Cherry Hills Village
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hoyt, Merrill H., Hoyt, Burnham, F.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Maitland, James Dreher
Significant Year:
1931, 1925
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Melvin School (added 1984 - - #84000790)
Also known as Melvin Schoolhouse Museum-Library
4950 S. Laredo St. , Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
DeBoer,Ron & Henry
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, School
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Library, Museum
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Owen Estate (added 1999 - - #99001143)
Also known as Scmidt Estate, 5AH1569
3901 S. Gilpin St. , Cherry Hills Village
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hoyt, Merrill H.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Seventeen Mile House (added 1983 - - #83003501)
8181 S. Parker Rd. , Parker
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Smith, William, House (added 1985 - - #85002565)
412 Oswego Ct. , Aurora
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wilson,Joseph
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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