Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
“The Fairplay Hotel, a hotel at 500 Main St. in Fairplay, Colorado, was built in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”
Wikipedia article Fairplay Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Fairplay Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 255 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FAIRPLAY |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | GAP |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fairplay Hotel: 14 occurrences, 5 producers, 5 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Placers | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Group | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Platte River Placers | Uranium, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Uranium, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairplay, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 2 lightning, 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Lightning | Fairplay | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Fairplay | $40 | Hail accumulated 4 inches deep in and near Fairplay causing power failures and damage to power and communication equipment. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Fairplay | - | A tornado touched down and caused minor damage to the roof of a home. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Fairplay | - | A tornado touched down in open country. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Fairplay | - | Lightning knocked out radio communications between Platte Canyon and Fairplay. The time of the incident was approximated. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Park County Courthouse and Jail | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | South Park Community Church | under 500 feet | 1977 |
 | South Park Lager Beer Brewery | 0.1 miles | 1974 |
 | South Park City Museum | 0.2 miles | 2014 |
 | Summer Saloon | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
| Spring House-Moynahan House | 5.1 miles | 2021 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001395 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Park County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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