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Photogenic Places in Silverton

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Wide view over Silverton nestled in a high mountain basin, with the small historic town spread across the valley floor below steep, green slopes and patchy snow on the surrounding peaks. The scene shows a winding stream and open meadows leading toward the cluster of colorful downtown buildings under a bright, overcast sky.
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Silverton, CO

Silverton Historic District

Silverton's entire downtown is a National Historic Landmark District with well-preserved Victorian-era mining town architecture dating from the 1880s and 1890s. Greene Street features colorful storefronts, the 1902 Town Hall, and the Grand Imperial Hotel against a dramatic backdrop of 13,000-foot peaks. The town sits at 9,318 feet in a high mountain basin surrounded by the San Juan Mountains.

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