Winfield School, Winfield Mining Camp, Chaffee County, CO (2)
**Winfield Mining Camp** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 80000883, date listed 1980-03-10
15 mi. NW of Buena Vista
Buena Vista, CO (Chaffee County)
Winfield is one of 4 mining camps of the 1880's in the Clear Creek Canyon in Chaffee County, Colorado. The town or mining camp grew with the development of mining in the area.
Winfield's formal history began in 1881 when the 120 acre townsite was laid out. However, a cabin was built there in 1861 and some prospecting was done in the area in 1867. Winfield reached its heyday in 1890 with an estimated population of 1,500. At its prime, Winfield included three saloons, three stores, a post office, two hotels, a boarding house, mill, smelter, concentrator, church and a school which is now a museum containing school furnishings and displays, restored and operated by the Clear Creek Canyon Historical Society of Chaffee County. The silver market crash in 1893 halted the mining activity in Clear Creek Canyon. There was a resumption in the early 1900's with the last ore hauled out of the canyon by two-horse stage in 1918.
Four of the original structures remain. One of them is the school building (1880) now used as a museum with school furnishings. It is a single detached rectangular, 1 story, horizontal log building. It has one room with attached woodshed and boomtown roof shape. Wood flooring and square nails were used in the construction. It has a front open porch. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/80000883.pdf
Winfield School, Winfield Mining Camp, Chaffee County, CO (2)
**Winfield Mining Camp** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 80000883, date listed 1980-03-10
15 mi. NW of Buena Vista
Buena Vista, CO (Chaffee County)
Winfield is one of 4 mining camps of the 1880's in the Clear Creek Canyon in Chaffee County, Colorado. The town or mining camp grew with the development of mining in the area.
Winfield's formal history began in 1881 when the 120 acre townsite was laid out. However, a cabin was built there in 1861 and some prospecting was done in the area in 1867. Winfield reached its heyday in 1890 with an estimated population of 1,500. At its prime, Winfield included three saloons, three stores, a post office, two hotels, a boarding house, mill, smelter, concentrator, church and a school which is now a museum containing school furnishings and displays, restored and operated by the Clear Creek Canyon Historical Society of Chaffee County. The silver market crash in 1893 halted the mining activity in Clear Creek Canyon. There was a resumption in the early 1900's with the last ore hauled out of the canyon by two-horse stage in 1918.
Four of the original structures remain. One of them is the school building (1880) now used as a museum with school furnishings. It is a single detached rectangular, 1 story, horizontal log building. It has one room with attached woodshed and boomtown roof shape. Wood flooring and square nails were used in the construction. It has a front open porch. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/80000883.pdf