Multiple Property Documentation Forms
Multiple Property Documentation forms serve as a basis for evaluating the National Register eligibility of related properties. MPDFs require the preparation of historic contexts, identification of property types, and formulation of registration requirements. A PDF notation indicates a link to a PDF version of the nomination on the National Park Service or History Colorado websites.
Colorado African American Travel and Recreation Resources During Segregation Multiple Property Documentation Form, Colorado Statewide (2024-25). This statewide MPDF followed completion of a statewide survey plan and an intensive survey of forty properties throughout Colorado. The document discusses the rise of segregation (Jim Crow era) that followed the Civil War; provides an overview of African Americans in Colorado; describes the Green Book and other travel guides employed by Blacks; identified the type and geographic distribution of Colorado resources associated with African American travel and recreation; and developed registration requirements for nominations.
Resources associated with African American travel and tourism in Colorado during segregation display a wide range of historic uses, including (but not limited to) functions identified in the 2020-21 statewide survey plan: lodging (hotels, motels, lodges, churches, and guest and tourist homes); eating and drinking establishments (restaurants, bars, taverns, ice cream parlors, and kindred businesses); personal services (barber, beauty, and tailoring businesses); professional services (medical, dental, and legal offices); retail stores (drugstores, apparel, and liquor stores); automobile-related resources (service stations, garages, and taxi firms); social and community groups (African American YMCA and YWCA chapters, USOs, women’s clubs, and fraternal chapters); organizations (unions, legal, civil rights, social action groups, and governmental commissions connected with civil rights enforcement); amusement and recreation resources (theaters, amusement parks, golf courses, parks, camps, and resorts); and Black settlements and summer home developments (such as Lincoln Hills, Dearfield, and The Dry). The project was funded by an African American Civil Rights Grant from the National Park Service. The three individual nominations below accompanied the MPDF.
Resources associated with African American travel and tourism in Colorado during segregation display a wide range of historic uses, including (but not limited to) functions identified in the 2020-21 statewide survey plan: lodging (hotels, motels, lodges, churches, and guest and tourist homes); eating and drinking establishments (restaurants, bars, taverns, ice cream parlors, and kindred businesses); personal services (barber, beauty, and tailoring businesses); professional services (medical, dental, and legal offices); retail stores (drugstores, apparel, and liquor stores); automobile-related resources (service stations, garages, and taxi firms); social and community groups (African American YMCA and YWCA chapters, USOs, women’s clubs, and fraternal chapters); organizations (unions, legal, civil rights, social action groups, and governmental commissions connected with civil rights enforcement); amusement and recreation resources (theaters, amusement parks, golf courses, parks, camps, and resorts); and Black settlements and summer home developments (such as Lincoln Hills, Dearfield, and The Dry). The project was funded by an African American Civil Rights Grant from the National Park Service. The three individual nominations below accompanied the MPDF.
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Park County Historic Cemeteries Multiple Property Documentation Form, Park County, Colorado (2014-16). Park County engaged Front Range to produce a National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) for cemeteries within the county. In support of the project, Park County staff and volunteers conducted a reconnaissance survey of cemeteries. Front Range produced a historic context, identified property types, and created registration requirements. The project was funded by a Certified Local Government grant.
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Historic Residential Subdivisions of Metropolitan Denver, 1940-65 (2009-11) Front Range teamed with Bunyak Research Associates and Wilson & Company to prepare a Multiple Property Documentation Form for residential subdivision development in the Denver metropolitan region for the 1940-1965 period. A regional, parcel-level GIS database of Assessor data from five counties provided a quantitative basis for the analysis. The Colorado Department of Transportation sponsored the project with partial funding from the State Historical Fund.
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Commercial Resources of East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado (2009).
This MPDF provided a historic context for the East Colfax Avenue commercial corridor within Denver, discussing the development and evolution of the street and the types of buildings constructed during different eras. Identified property types included: General-Use Commercial Building, Entertainment and Recreation Building, Hotel/Motel Building, Transportation-Related Building, and House with Commercial Addition. |
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The Architecture of J.J.B. Benedict in Colorado (2004). The first (and so far only) MPDF in Colorado to cover the works of a single architect, J.J.B. Benedict. The form covers biographical information about the architect, a discussion of buildings designed by Benedict, a list of all known Benedict works in Colorado, and a description of property types. Two buildings designed by Benedict were subsequently nominated to the National Register.
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Historic Resources of Downtown Denver (2003-2004). A form covering historic buildings in Denver’s Central Business District. The area included some of the most architecturally and historically significant resources in Denver's commercial core, A number of individually significant buildings were later nominated under the MPDF.
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Historic Ranching Resources of South Park, Park County, Colorado (1999)
A form providing a context for the history of ranching in South Park, Park County, Colorado. Significant ranching resources also were nominated as historic districts under the MPDF. |
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Historic Resources of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1996) Historic Buildings on the campus of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, a private institution founded in 1874, are included in this MPDF. This is one of a handful of MPDFs nationally that address college campuses.
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Historic Resources of Camp George West, Golden, Colorado (1992)
Camp George West, a Colorado National Guard facility near Golden, Colorado, is covered. The camp architecture features many buildings erected of local basaltic stone. This form was part of a larger project that included a comprehensive survey of the base and historic context development. |
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Colorado National Monument, Colorado (1991-92). A historic context was prepared for transportation resources (Rim Rock Drive and Serpent’s Trail) within Colorado National Monument and property types and registration requirements were developed.
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Historic Farms and Ranches of Weld County, Colorado (1991). In conjunction with a survey of agricultural resources in Weld County, Colorado, Front Range prepared a Multiple Property Documentation form focusing on the history of dryland farming and ranching in the county. Farming and ranching resources were designated as historic districts under the MPDF.
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Historic Resources of Redstone, Colorado (1989). A context for a historic company town associated with John C. Osgood and coal mining in the Crystal River Valley of Pitkin County was completed, together with the nomination of associated historic resources.
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Historic Resources of Marble, Colorado and Vicinity (1988-1989). An MPDF and individual nominations for the historic marble-mining company town in Gunnison County, Colorado, were prepared. The town was one of the most significant marble quarrying locations in the nation.
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