Telluride is a recognized National Landmark District, distinguished by a significant number of historically rated contributing buildings that date back to the town's period of significance between 1878 and 1913. Restoring these structures is a vital commitment to both the culture and the economic health of our community. When these historic buildings are lost, we also lose the unique craftsmanship, intricate details, and the historical narratives of those who lived and worked within them.
Adhering to the Town of Telluride Design Guidelines and Standards, by Nore Winter, provides a comprehensive framework for preservation. These standards are designed to maintain the essential historic character of a building while successfully integrating modern functionality for contemporary living and new uses.
Restoration projects include the front entries, brick walls, windows, and the historic wood burning freplace.
123 North Aspen Street is a Contributing rated building built by W.B. Van Atta. Projects include restoring historic transoms, preserving views, interior spaces which reflect the historic Victorian feel, and the exterior setting.
Preservation Award of Excellence for the Nunn & Wrench Building in 2023. Projects include new entry way, doors, and transom windows which comply with modern day building codes as well as restoring historic features of the glass storefront facade and decorative cornice that distinguish this Contributing rated building built by Brown & Scherepferman in 1899.
First Place - Arts District Choice Award 2015. Contributing rated house and shed constructed between 1890 - 1893 by Italian immigarants Louis and Celestina Munchiando. Italian immigrants and their descendants settled primarily in this northeast Telluride neighborhood, and contributed significantly to the town’s socioeconomic fabric. The house is also architecturally significant for its representative L-shaped cross gabled plan.
In 2014 the historic Sheridan opera House rebuilt the historic entry vestibule. Other projects for the Opera House include a design proposal for a new recording studio.