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Photograph of Holy Cross Abbey
Photograph by ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Holy Cross Abbey

Built in 1886. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Abbey of the Holy Cross in Cañon City, Colorado, was a monastery of the Order of St. It existed for nearly 120 years, operating various enterprises, including a boarding school for boys and a winery.”

Wikipedia article Holy Cross Abbey (Cañon City, Colorado), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 25 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1886.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. US 50, Canon City, 81212
  • When was it listed? August 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Cañon City
  • When was it built? 1886
  • National Register reference number. 83001320 - 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

693 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 693 fires within 5 miles of Holy Cross Abbey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined600
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural21
Debris and open burning17
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWilliamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Holy Cross Abbey: 21 producers, 18 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 plant. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Feldspar, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alnea, Horney Ganister, Burnito, Mccourt, Flint, Climax, DarleySilicaProducer
Canon City DepositIronOccurrenceLimonite, Siderite
Cotter Mill (facility)Uranium, MolybdenumPast Producer
Devils Hole QuarryBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparProducer
Horse Shoe & El PlomaLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Oak CreekFeldspar, MicaProducer
UnknownDolomiteProducerDolomite
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
UnknownSilica, DolomiteProducerDolomite
Canon City Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Fremont County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
South Canon High School1.8 miles2005
Canon City Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)2.0 miles1986
Samuel H. Atwater House2.0 miles1996
Canon City Municipal Building2.0 miles1983
Christ Episcopal Church2.0 miles1994
First Presbyterian Church2.1 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001320 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fremont CountyAll 25 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.