Meeting Times:
Second Monday of every month at 4:30 pm, Town Hall, 151 S Banner Street, Elizabeth, CO 80107
Visitors are allowed up to three minutes of public comment during the unscheduled Public Comment portion of a regularly scheduled meeting.
Please visit our NEW Historic Elizabeth Colorado page!
The Town of Elizabeth is a Certified Local Government through History Colorado. The program exists to protect the town’s architectural and cultural heritage by protecting its historic resources and providing incentives for historic preservation.
HISTORIC ADVISORY BOARD
- Lynn Mitchell, Chair (Term ends 12/31/2026)
- Gayle Gardner, Vice-Chair (Term ends 12/31/2027)
- Jacque Hallett, Historian (Term ends 12/31/2026)
- Dennis Rodriguez, Board Member (Term ends 12/31/2029)
- Jeff Lehman, Board Member (Term ends 12/31/2029)
- Position Available, Board Member
- Position Available, Board Member
The Town of Elizabeth is accepting applications for available Historic Advisory Board positions. Town residency not required for this Board position. For more information, please contact the Community Development Department 303-646-4166 x4.
DESIGNATED HISTORIC PROPERTIES
- 188 S Main Street, Local Register 2003 and National Register 2023
- 271 S Main Street, Local Register 2006
- 286 S Main Street, Local Register 2001 and State Register 1994
- 338 S Main Street, Local Register 2003
- 619 S Main Street, Local Register 2003
- 228 S Banner Street, Local Register 1999
- 589 S Banner Street, Local Register 2000
- 473 S Pine Street, Local Register 2004
A presentation by History Colorado on Tax Credits and Grants was held at the Historic Advisory Board meeting on Monday, July 17, 2023 and is available below.
In 2022, the Historic Advisory Board and Town Staff created and distributed a survey to reevaluate how the Town's citizens and patrons felt about historic preservation. The purpose was to ensure that the Town code reflected those thoughts on preservation. A copy of the document is provided below: Historic Preservation Survey Results 2022. You may also contact the Community Development office for additional information.
Supporting Documents
- Certificate of Appropriateness Application
- Elizabeth, Colorado: Enduring Heritage of a Small Town on the Divide 1881-1965
- Elizabeth Downtown Historic District Survey, 2018-2019; Celebrating a Sense of Place in Elizabeth, Colorado
- Historic Preservation Plan
- Historic Preservation Survey Results 2022
- Historic Preservation Tax Credits Information
- History Colorado Tax Credits and Grants Presentation