Central City/Black Hawk Historic District | |
 Restored historic buildings in downtown Black Hawk | |
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| Location | Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′4″N 105°30′27″W / 39.80111°N 105.50750°W |
| Area | 286.5 acres (115.9 ha) |
| Built | 1859 |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000246 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHLD | July 4, 1961[2] |
The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District (formerly just the Central City Historic District) is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the developed areas of Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado, United States. They are adjacent former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado. For a time, the area was known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth,[3] and was the largest urban area of the Colorado Territory in the 1870s.
The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961, for its well-preserved early mining community architecture and history.[2][4][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Central City/Black Hawk Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on January 4, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ^ History of Central City Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination" (pdf). National Park Service. July 1990.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination" (pdf). National Park Service. July 1990.
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