Evergreen Conference District
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Evergreen Conference District
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St. John's Episcopal Church in the Evergreen Conference District
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| Location | CO 74, Evergreen, Colorado |
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| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Architect | Jock Spence, et al. |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style |
| NRHP Reference # | 79000611 |
| Added to NRHP | May 1, 1979 |
Evergreen Conference District is a music conference center in Jefferson County, Colorado, near Evergreen. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1979. The district is located at Highway 74 along Bear Creek.
The seven-acre conference center is owned by the Evergreen Music Conference, the Sisters of St. Mary's, and the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. The oldest continuing music center in the United States, in operation since 1907, has 23 buildings that include the Stone Library, Meeting House, St. Raphael's, and the Bell Tower.
According to History Colorado it is significant for its:
The land on which the district resides had been Ute, Arapaho, and Cheyenne hunting grounds. Traders and fur trappers passed through the land by 1821 and prospectors entered the area during the gold rush beginning in 1858. Bergen Park was established in 1859 when Thomas Cunningham Bergen built a log cabin and named his property. In 1877 Evergreen became its own place, unique from Bergen Park, in 1877 when Amos Post opened a trading post, followed by a general store, on what is now Evergreen's main street. He married Sarah Bergan, Thomas' daughter. The area was first called Evergreen when D.P. Wilmot expressed his admiration of the firs, spruce, and pines on the land he acquired about 1875 in Buffalo Park. Ranchers, loggers and farmers established themselves along Bear Creek. City dwellers established summer retreats in the mountainous region. Denver Mountain Parks between Morrison and Golden was established in 1991, which brought more people to the area during the summer.
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