Aurora Landmarks and Monuments

(Aurora, Colorado - CO, USA)

Colorado history is suggested at a number of historical sites and landmarks peppered around the city of Aurora. These comprise old farm houses and structures, notable city buildings and various stately private residences.

The city of Aurora manages more than 25 different landmarks and sites of historical interest. Some of the oldest and most impressive include the Gully Homestead, which was built in the early 1870s by one Thomas Gully and was relocated to its present site on South Chambers Road in 1983.

Slightly more youthful is the Centennial House on Galena Street, where beautiful Queen Anne / Victorian-style architecture has its origins at the turn of the 1890s. The Centennial House was purchased by the city in 1990 and remains the oldest of the local houses built for famous real estate tycoon Donald Fletcher. In fact, Donald Fletcher actually founded this city, on the East Denver Plains, in 1891, and Aurora was named Fletcher for the first two decades of its life, before being renamed in the year 1907.


The Aurora Fox Theater and Arts Center is another of the city's historic landmarks and this former movie theater dates back to 1946, being extensively renovated and refurbished in the middle of the 1980s.

The city of Aurora has established its very own Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission, to fully recognise significant structures, protect its heritage and preserve its oldest, most important buildings for future generations to admire.

Notable local landmarks and their respective contact details:

American War Mothers National Memorial House (1924)

Address: 1601 Peoria Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

Centennial House (1890)

Address: 671 Galena Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA
Tel: +1 303 739 6660

Coal Creek Schoolhouse (1928)

Address: 170 South Chambers Road, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80017, USA

Fuller House (1892)

Address: 2027 Galena Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

Guardhouses at General's Park (1919)

Address: Colfax Avenue / Peoria Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80011, USA

H. M. Milliken House (1891)

Address: 1638 Galena Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

Hornbein Building (1953)

Address: 9901 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80220, USA

Italian Villa (1925)

Address: 1785 Hanover Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

John Gully Homestead House (1871)

Address: 200 South Chambers Road, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80017, USA
Tel: +1 303 739 6666

KoA Building (1934)

Address: 18500 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80011, USA

Marshall Cowing House (1892)

Address: 1580 Dallas Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

Melvin School (1922)

Address: 4950 South Laredo Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80015, USA

Red Cross Building and Memorial (1918)

Address: 12862 East Montview Boulevard, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80045, USA

Robidoux House (1913)

Address: 1615 Galena Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

Thomas F. Gilligan House (1925)

Address: 1455 Beeler Street, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

William Smith House (1910)

Address: 412 Oswego Court, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA

William Smith School (1931)

Address: 10000 East 13th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (CO), 80010, USA