National and State Register

Hayden Co-Operative Elevator Company

Routt County

The Hayden Co-Operative Elevator is the only extant grain elevator in the town of Hayden and in Routt County.  A well-preserved example of a rural grain elevator in an ever-diminishing agricultural landscape, the Hayden Co-Operative Elevator is a good example of the wood-frame studded elevator construction method.

A picture of the elevator with several dark gray buildings and towers.

Hayden Co-Operative Elevator Company

From its construction in 1917, the Hayden Co-Operative Elevator bolstered the local agricultural economy by providing a variety of services and goods to area farmers.  The Hayden Co-Operative Elevator is an important representation of the agricultural, economic, and engineering history of early twentieth-century Routt County.