National and State Register

Rio Grande Hotel (Creede)

Mineral County

The Rio Grande Hotel was constructed circa 1892 to relieve the extreme housing shortage resulting from the area’s silver mining boom.  The hotel was one of only a few wood structures to survive the town’s devastating 1892 fire. 

A photo of the hotel from an angle looking up toward the building with long walls, gabled roof, and elevated porch covered by an open balcony with white railing. On the right of the photo stand two people facing right.

Rio Grande Hotel (ca. 2000 photograph.)

For information about the State Historical Fund’s participation in the preservation of this property see the Project Snapshot.

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State Register

Address

209 W. 2nd St., Creede

Site Number

5ML.283