Colorado - Rio Blanco County - Historic Districts
Rio Blanco County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Canon Pintado and Pyramid Guard Station.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Prehistoric - Plains, Fremont Culture and Ute dating back to 500.

The famous person Father Escalante is associated with one of more of the Rio Blanco County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rio Blanco County places including Civilian Conservation Corps and James L. Brownlee. Prominent architectural styles found in Rio Blanco Country are .

Canon Pintado (added 1975 - - #75000538)
Address Restricted , Rangely
Skyerise, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Person
Historic Person:
Escalante,Father,et al.
Significant Year:
1776
Area of Significance:
Art, Exploration/Settlement, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Prehistoric - Plains, Fremont Culture, Ute
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Pyramid Guard Station (added 2008 - - #07001354)
Also known as 5RB.2882
Cty. Rd. 8 , Yampa
Laurenemax, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brownlee, James L., Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Conservation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Government Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Camp, Government Office
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