National Register of Historic Places listings in Saguache County, Colorado

List of National Register of Historic Places in Saguache County, Colorado, United States

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saguache County, Colorado.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Saguache County,^[a] Colorado, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.^[3]

There are 10 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2024.^[4]

Properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado by county

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Current listings

^[5]	Name on the Register^[6]	Image	Date listed^[7]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Baca Land Grant No. 4-Baca Ranch Rural Historic Landscape	Upload image	September 18, 2023 (#100009333)	Cty. Rd. T 37°59′17″N 105°47′09″W / 37.9881°N 105.7858°W / 37.9881; -105.7858 (Baca Land Grant No. 4-Baca Ranch Rural Historic Landscape)	Crestone
2	Capilla de San Juan Bautista	Capilla de San Juan Bautista More images	February 8, 1980 (#80000926)	Northwest of La Garita 37°51′01″N 106°15′46″W / 37.850278°N 106.262778°W / 37.850278; -106.262778 (Capilla de San Juan Bautista)	La Garita
3	Carnero Creek Pictographs	Carnero Creek Pictographs	June 5, 1975 (#75000540)	Address Restricted	La Garita
4	Crestone School	Crestone School	January 9, 1986 (#86000011)	Cottonwood St. and Carbonate Ave. 37°59′48″N 105°41′57″W / 37.996667°N 105.699167°W / 37.996667; -105.699167 (Crestone School)	Crestone
5	First Baptist Church of Moffat	First Baptist Church of Moffat	July 24, 2008 (#08000710)	401 Lincoln Ave. 37°59′54″N 105°54′20″W / 37.998342°N 105.905543°W / 37.998342; -105.905543 (First Baptist Church of Moffat)	Moffat	Ornamental Concrete Block Buildings in Colorado Multiple Property Submission
6	Indian Grove	Indian Grove	March 24, 2000 (#00000237)	Address Restricted 37°47′18″N 105°30′35″E / 37.7882°N 105.5097°E / 37.7882; 105.5097 (Indian Grove)	Mosca
7	Saguache Downtown Historic District	Saguache Downtown Historic District	July 25, 2014 (#14000433)	Roughly 300 & 400 blocks of 4th St. 38°05′14″N 106°08′13″W / 38.0871°N 106.1369°W / 38.0871; -106.1369 (Saguache Downtown Historic District)	Saguache
8	Saguache Flour Mill	Saguache Flour Mill More images	September 18, 1978 (#78000885)	West of Saguache 38°04′53″N 106°09′38″W / 38.081389°N 106.160556°W / 38.081389; -106.160556 (Saguache Flour Mill)	Saguache
9	Saguache School and Jail Buildings	Saguache School and Jail Buildings More images	May 2, 1975 (#75000541)	U.S. Highway 285 and San Juan Ave. 38°05′16″N 106°08′38″W / 38.087778°N 106.143889°W / 38.087778; -106.143889 (Saguache School and Jail Buildings)	Saguache
10	Sargents Water Tank, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Line	Sargents Water Tank, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Line	August 12, 2010 (#10000537)	45 Front St. 38°24′16″N 106°24′57″W / 38.404444°N 106.415833°W / 38.404444; -106.415833 (Sargents Water Tank, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Line)	Sargents	Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 MPS

Notes

^ The place name "Saguache" is pronounced /səˈwɑːtʃ/. This name derives from either the Ute language noun "sawup" /səˈwʌp/ meaning "sand dunes"^[1] or the Ute phrase "Sa qua qua chi pa" meaning "water of the blue earth."^[2] The Spanish language version of this name is usually spelled "Saguache", while the English language version is usually spelled "Sawatch".

References

^ Merkl, Dameon (February 26, 2013), "What's in a Colorado name pronunciation?", The Denver Post, retrieved March 7, 2013
^ Benson, Maxine (1994). 1001 Colorado Place Names. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0632-7.
^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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County seat: Saguache
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Unincorporated communities	La Garita Sargents Villa Grove
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3 National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
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1 Wild and Scenic River	Cache la Poudre River
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