National and State Register

Saguache Flour Mill

Saguache County

Constructed in 1873 by Enos Hotchkiss, a prominent Colorado pioneer, the wood frame three-story building is a lone survivor of an important early industry in Saguache County.  

A black and white photo of the mill with gabled roof extending farther to the right. The walls are covered with vertical wooden boards and there are two chimneys above on the left. On the ground below is a layer of snow with some brush.

Saguache Flour Mill (1976 photograph.)

It is believed to be one of the few remaining water powered grist mills in Colorado.