Central City/Black Hawk Historic District
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| Central City/Black Hawk Historic District | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark District) | |
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| Location: | Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado |
| Built/Founded: | 1859 |
| Designated as NHL: | July 4, 1961[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000246 |
| Governing body: | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District is a federally designated United States National Historic Landmark that comprises Central City and the City of Black Hawk, adjacent former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States.
On May 5, 1859, John H. Gregory discovered a rich deposit of gold in hard rock, the first such discovery in the Rocky Mountain region. Thousands of miners flooded into Gregory Gulch in the next few months in the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Several mining camps were thrown up near the Gregory Lode, and these camps eventually coalesced into Central City and Black Hawk. The area around the Gregory Lode quickly came to be known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth. By the time the Territory of Colorado was formed on February 28, 1861, Central City was already the largest city in the entire territory.
The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961.[1][3][4]
The district includes numerous buildings from the glory days of Colorado gold mining.
[edit] See also
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- Central City, Colorado
- Front Range
- Gilpin County, Colorado
- Pike's Peak Gold Rush
- State of Colorado
[edit] References
- ^ a b Central City/Black Hawk Historic District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-11).
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ ["Central City-Black Hawk Historic District", July 1990, by Rickey L. Hendricks and Julie A. CoronaPDF (3.15 MiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. National Park Service (1990-07).
- ^ [Central City-Black Hawk Historic District--Accompanying 40 photos, 7 from late 1800s and 33 from 1986-1987.PDF (4.04 MiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. National Park Service (1990-07).
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