Modern Federal · Hotels

The 1892 building (right) constructed as the Central Hotel and now housing the El Rancho Tavern on Main Avenue in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado

Colorado · 1850–1939

The 1892 building (right) constructed as the Central Hotel and now housing the El Rancho Tavern on Main Avenue in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado, Colorado, 1850–1939
The 1892 building (right) constructed as the Central Hotel and now housing the El Rancho Tavern on Main Avenue in Durango, the seat of La Plata County in southern Colorado, Colorado, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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