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One of 26 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
South Park Lager Beer Brewery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3rd and Front Sts., Fairplay, 80440
- When was it listed? June 1974
- Category. building
- Census division. Fairplay
- National Register reference number. 74000590 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of South Park Lager Beer Brewery 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 | 37 |
| 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 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of South Park Lager Beer Brewery: 15 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 |
Storms near this property
5 since 1994Regional 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. |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | South Park City Museum | under 500 feet | 2014 |
 | Summer Saloon | under 500 feet | 1974 |
 | Park County Courthouse and Jail | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Fairplay Hotel | 0.1 miles | 2008 |
 | South Park Community Church | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
| Spring House-Moynahan House | 5.0 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74000590 in Record Group 79. |
| Park County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.