Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District

Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
The Georgetown Loop high bridge as seen c. 1885.
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Nearest city	Georgetown, Colorado and Silver Plume, Colorado
Coordinates	39°41′55″N 105°42′48″W / 39.69861°N 105.71333°W / 39.69861; -105.71333Coordinates: 39°41′55″N 105°42′48″W / 39.69861°N 105.71333°W / 39.69861; -105.71333
Built	1859
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	66000243
CSRHP #	5CC.3
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1966
Designated NHLD	November 13, 1966

The Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District is a federally designated United States National Historic Landmark that comprises the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two silver mining towns along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

The district includes well preserved examples of the buildings and mining structures of the Colorado Silver Boom from 1864 to 1893. The Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park includes the reconstructed Georgetown Loop, a spectacular example of 19th Century 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway engineering required to negotiate the 601 feet (183 meters) of elevation rise in the mere 2.0 miles (3.2 kilometers) between the two towns. Historic steam locomotives pull passenger trains over the loop from late May through the beautiful Autumn colors of early October. Guided tours of the Lebanon Silver Mine are also available.

The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on 1966-11-13.