National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Jackson, George, House
a.k.a. Poor Farm House;5OR70.6
129 Citadel Dr., Ridgway, CO Local significance of the building: Community Planning And Development; Architecture; Social History
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
In 1913, the city of Trinidad, Colorado, became the site of the first successful oil well-drilled west of the Mississippi River. The discovery led to a boom in oil production in the region, and Colorado became a major oil-producing state.