725 Carson Ave., Las Animas, Colorado. County/parish: Bent.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 02, 1976. NRIS 76000546.
2 contributing buildings.
The Bent County Courthouse and Jail, of Bent County, Colorado, at 725 Carson Ave. in Las Animas, was built in 1887. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976; the listing included two contributing buildings.
The courthouse building was built and furnished for a total of $58,429, during 1886–1889. Its architecture is described positively in its NRHP nomination.
The NRHP listing includes also the 1902 Bent County Jail, a 30-by-40-foot (9.1 m × 12.2 m) two-story brick building, and a brick garage and another brick extension building.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84128236