National and State Register

Mathews House

Delta County

An excellent example of the architecture of the Late Victorian period, the 1897-1901 Mathews House is the most intact Queen Anne-style house in the Paonia area, as well as one of the largest and most ornate.  

A photo of the house with gabled roof and turret with pointed roof on the right. Around the house are leafless trees.

Mathews House

The house displays elements typical of the style, including asymmetrical massing, a turreted porch, a bay window, decorative brackets and vergeboard, the use of stone and brick, and decorative shingles.  Fine craftsmanship and detail are evident throughout the house, on both the exterior and interior.  The house also retains its original outbuildings associated with the property’s fruit orchard history, including a barn, a caretaker’s cottage, a shop and a privy.