Since 1998, Colorado Preservation Inc. has been working with communities across the state to protect endangered historic buildings, landscapes and archaeological sites through its Endangered Places Program.
Historic Bridges Project - CBS4 Denver
Colorado Preservation works with the state to save threatened or endangered historic buildings, landscapes, and archaeological sites. The organization said that in its 24 years of creating the annual list, it has saved 52 sites, and only seven of them were lost forever.
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On February 11, Colorado Preservation announced three additions, which make up the 2021 list. It includes a number of bridges throughout the state, constructed between 1888 and 1973, the Lafayette Head Home & Ute Indian Agency built in 1855, and a mid-century ski lodge at Winter Park.
The Winter Park Balcony House is one that s getting a lot of attention, because according to Colorado Preservation, there are plans to demolish the resort s original ski lodge, and replace it with a six-story condominium complex.
The Winter Park Balcony House.
In the 23 years that Kim Grant has worked to preserve history in Colorado, he’s seen the idea of preservation, and what to save, change.
Preservation used to focus on “the great fabulous landmarks of the rich and famous” but there s a new evolving philosophy on that ordinary places, landscapes and buildings have stories to tell as well, “particularly if they re part of broader social movements,” Grant said.
“It’s also important to tell (the stories) from a diverse perspective, to make sure that all the people who built Colorado are represented.”
As the director of Colorado s Most Endangered Places program, a part of Colorado Preservation, Inc., Grant believes the nature of threats to historic properties has changed in parallel to the growth of population and development in Colorado. He points to rural areas that have gone through decline, which creates its own pressure on historic resources, while the Front Range and other places lik