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• Welcome to historic Central City! Gold was discovered here in 1859 by John H. Gregory, sparking a gold rush that brought tens of thousands of fortune seekers to this area. In 1874, a fire destroyed most of the Central City business district, with only a few fireproof buildings remaining from the earliest days of settlement.
  
  Most of the buildings you will see in the historic downtown were constructed in 1874 and 1875, just after the fire. Central City has the second-largest number of historic resources in the state of Colorado, and was named a National Historic Landmark District in 1961.
  
  Start at City Hall, located next to the Big T Parking Lot at 141 Nevada St.

• Tour Map

• 1. City Hall/Lampshire House
  

• 2. Belvidere Theater
  

• 3. AOUW Building
  

• 4. Ignatz Meyer Building
  

• 5. Gold Coin Saloon
  

• 6. Roworth Block
  

• 7. IOOF Building
  

• 8. Dostal and Shaffnit Blocks
  

• 9. Hawley Block
  

• 10. Mullen Building
  

• 11. Van Deren Building
  

• 12. Harris Block
  

• 13. First National Bank and Schonecker & Mack
  

• 14. Bacharach, Hense, and Miller Blocks
  

• 15. Clark Grade School
  

• 16. Old High School
  

• 17. St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  

• 18. Raynold's Beehive
  

• 19. Hardware Store
  

• 20. Edmundson Blocks I-III
  

• 21. Mellor Block
  

• 22. Wells Fargo & Co
  

• 23. The Pharmacy
  

• 24. Morse Block
  

• 25. Register Block
  

• 26. Williams Stables
  

• 27. Teller Law Office
  

• 28. Washington Hall
  

• 29. St. James United Methodist Church
  

• 30. Gilpin County Courthouse
  

• 31. Central City Opera House
  

• 32. Teller House
  

• 33. St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church