Current Landmarks
Olathe Producers Coop
The Olathe Producers Coop, has long served as the hub for the business of agricultural marketing in Western Colorado. Olathe was recognized as the D.& R. G. Railroad’s record shipping point for agricultural products in 1923. Approved 1/19/2022.
Star Drive-in
The Star Drive-in represents an excellent example of a mid-twentieth century venue that reflects the entertainment and automotive cultures of the 1950s and 1960s. Approved 3/3/2021.
Old Courthouse
The Montrose County Courthouse stands three stories high in downtown Montrose, Colorado and was built in the Classical Revival style from locally quarried sandstone. Approved 7/15/2020.
Potato Growers Association
The building is significant for its association with the agricultural history of Montrose and the Western Slope, having been erected in late 1908; it remains a very intact representation of an agricultural warehouse. Approved 2/19/2020.
Fetz / Keller Ranch
The Fetz/Keller Ranch is a ranch/farm complex that includes a residence, barn, wood-frame shed, Quonset hut, plywood shed, wood-frame payment booth, barn, corral, two pole sheds, two ventilated sheds, a silo and a grain bin. The Victorian farm house was constructed in 1887. Approved 10/24/2018.
Montrose County Historic Jail
The Montrose County Historical Jail, located behind Abel’s Ace Hardware on “Stockmen’s Alley” was built in 1885 as the County’s first permanent jail. Approved 8/1/2018.
Maher School House
The Maher Schoolhouse, constructed in 1917 and located in its original setting, sits at the junction of Highway 92 and Clear Fork Road, just south of Crawford State Park. Approved 1/17/2018.
Pea Green Community House
In 1925 the members of the Pea Green Commnity Club decided to build a community house (hall). Community members built the community building, using large hewed logs with chinking between the logs. Approved 6/21/2017.
Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association
The Water Users' Association Building, as it is known locally, has been occupied by that group since 1932. The design, based on a simple square floor plan outline, became quite common throughout the United States from the 1890's through World War I. Approved 6/21/2017.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot
The Denver & Rio Grande Depot is representative of the type and method of construction utilized by the railroad, and represents the artistic values of the Mission Style of architecture. Approved 7/5/2016.
Stone House
The Stone House design is a typical example of a bungalow, though the use of locale stone makes it an excellent example of local adaptation of the classic craftsman bungalow style. Approved 3/21/2016.
Vestal House
The Vestal House, completed in 1908, was one of the first homes constructed on main Street Nucla. Approved 12/21/2015.