Ouray Historic District

Historic district in Colorado, United States

United States historic place


Ouray Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°01′22″N 107°40′24″W / 38.0228°N 107.6733°W / 38.0228; -107.6733
Area	114 acres (0.46 km²)
Architectural style	Italianate; Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	83003537^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 6, 1983

The Ouray Historic District, in Ouray, Colorado, is a 114-acre (0.46 km²) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] Many of the commercial buildings are Italianate in style;^[2] many residences are Victorian.^[3]

Its 270 contributing buildings include government and commercial buildings:

Ouray County Courthouse (1881)
Beaumont Hotel (1886)
Wright Opera House (1888), with an elaborate Mesker Brothers cast-iron facade
Duckett's Market
St. Elmo Hotel (1899)
Story Block (1892)^[3]

Many of the commercial buildings are along Ouray's Main Street, also known as Third Street, which is U.S. Highway 550.

Residences include:

Hurlbutt House (1888)^[3]

The historic district encompasses almost all of the original townsite. Its boundary is an irregular pattern extending to and including the Ouray hot springs pool on the north, to the west side of Oak Street on the west side of the Uncompahgre River on the west, to the south side of Third Avenue on the south, and to the east side of 6th Street on the east.^[3]^[2]

Photos

Main Street at night, with Beaumont Hotel in foreground
Ouray County Courthouse (1881)
First Presbyterian Church, oldest church in Ouray
City hall and fire station
General view from northeast
General view from south

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Ouray Historic District". History Colorado. Includes map with outline of district.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Martha Sullenberger; Roger Henn (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ouray Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 2, 2022. With accompanying 97 photos PDF includes text narration of boundaries but not a map that is referenced and was included in the original submission.