National and State Register

Newman Block / Kiva Building

La Plata County

Construction began in 1891 on this three-story sandstone commercial building, which is the only expression of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Durango. 

A picture of the building from an angle with arched top windows, vertical windows on the floor below and shop fronts on the ground floor with awnings covering much of the space above.

Newman Block / Kiva Building (1997 photograph.)

The building is associated with Charles Newman, an important businessman and politician in southwestern Colorado, and it has played an important role in the commercial development of the region.