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Board OKs staff pursuit of local historic designation and grant options for Thomasville lime kilns
Summary
Staff briefed the board on plans to stabilize the Thomasville lime kilns and recommended pursuing local historic designation and State Historic Fund grants. The county budget already includes roughly $365,000 for the project; staff said the stabilization concept and site safety measures can be refined if grant funding is available.
Pitkin County staff presented a condition assessment and preservation approach Tuesday for three historic lime kilns at Thomasville in the Fryingpan Valley, and commissioners directed staff to pursue local historic designation and potential grant funding while keeping interim safety measures in place.
Background and significance
The county owns two extant lime kilns at Thomasville; a third was destroyed in the early 20th century. Staff noted the kilns are among a small number of intact lime‑kiln structures remaining in Colorado and represent the region’s late‑19th/early‑20th-century mineral‑extraction and railroad economy. The structures were previously documented as endangered and…
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