Columbine,_Routt_County,_Colorado

Columbine, Routt County, Colorado

Columbine, Routt County, Colorado

United States historic place

Columbine or Columbine Gold Camp is a former gold mining community in Routt County, Colorado, United States (near Clark, Colorado). Now it is an unincorporated community, historic district, and a rental cabin resort. It dates from around 1895.[2] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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It is located at 8,697 feet (2,651 m) elevation.

Description

The historic register listing gave the community a bit of a boost.[3] The listing included 20 contributing buildings and a contributing structure on 5.2 acres (2.1 ha).[1]

Specific buildings include:

  • General Store / Columbine Mercantile Store (1898). Built by James R. Caron, a store and post office from 1898 to 1967, a Conoco gas station from 1915 to 1967. Now the registration office for cabin rentals.
  • Oil House (c.1915). Built by James R. Caron, it was used to store kerosene sold in the general store.
  • Skiers Cabin (c.1895), which served as "Hitter's Mercantile" before James Caron purchased the property and moved the store in 1898 to the Columbine Mercantile building. One-story north-facing front-gabled log building with daubing, with notched corners at the north end and with metal roof installed in 1994 that extends out from the south end to two timber posts. Although altered, has historic integrity.[2]
  • Skiers Cabin Woodshed (1940s). One of two woodsheds built by Ross Crossley, a log building with notching and with a flat metal roof.

About 20 more buildings and structures exist.

Columbine is located in the Sierra Madre Mountains (of Colorado and Wyoming) about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Hahns Peak Village and 30 miles (48 km) north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with a good view of Hahns Peak.[2]

It is a populated place;[4] also 14 cabins are available for rent, billed as 1800s gold miner cabins.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System – (#07000791)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    Marty Alexandroff; Arianthe C. Stettner (February 19, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Columbine / Columbine Gold Camp / 5RT438". National Park Service. Retrieved April 3, 2021. With accompanying 38 photos from 2004
  3. [3]
    Margaret Hair (December 9, 2007). "Historic designation gives Columbine a boost". Steamboat Pilot & Today.
  4. [4]
    "Columbine Populated Place Profile / Routt County, Colorado Data". colorado.hometownlocator.com.
  5. [5]
    "Steamboat Springs Cabin Rentals". The Cabins at Historic Columbine.

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