The First United Methodist Church was begun in 1890 and completed in 1894. The church building was designed by Architect J. P. Julien, whose name appears on the cornerstone, and was constructed by Moses Patrick Keefe. Keefe was the builder of many early homes and offices in Cheyenne. His work includes Saint Mary's Catholic Cathedral, several structures at Fort D. A. Russell, and the second phase of construction on the Wyoming State Capitol. The building was constructed of Wyoming red sandstone.

Fort David A. Russell, Fort Francis E. Warren and Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. The three separate phases of the history of this place are reflected in these three different names. Fort D. A. Russell was established in 1867 as a frontier infantry and cavalry post serving as a supply depot and to protect transcontinental railroad construction crews. The Fort, with its strategic location and railroad connection, was declared to be a permanent post by the War Department in 1885 and an extensive building program began. Fort Russell was enlarged to a brigade-sized post in 1906. In 1930 the post was renamed to Fort Francis E. Warren after a Cheyenne resident who served as United States Senator for 37 years. With the beginning of World War II, Fort Warren became a Quartermaster Training Center with twenty thousand men in training here. In 1947 Fort Warren was assigned to the Air Force and became Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. None of the original Fort D. A. Russell structures are extant, but most of the 1885 and later red brick barracks, officer's quarters, offices, and cavalry stables survive.

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Hynds Lodge, constructed in 1922, has been of continuous importance in the social development and youth activities of Cheyenne. The Lodge is named for Harry P. Hynds, a colorful Wyoming pioneer businessman who funded its construction. In many ways typical of the turn-of-the-century American businessman, Hynds' eclectic commercial interests were accompanied by a strong sense of civic responsibility. The Lodge represents a high point of his philanthropic endeavors. Primarily used as a recreational camp for Wyoming Boy Scouts, the Lodge has also been used by area churches and social groups. Architecturally unique in its granite masonry, the Lodge is symbolic of the opulence of Cheyenne in the early decades of this century. Hynds Lodge still fulfills its original function as a recreational site and today is part of the Curt Gowdy State Park. Hynds Lodge symbolizes the transition of Cheyenne from frontier community to modern city.

The Keefe Cottages, nine residences built within the last decade of the 19th century, lie on the periphery of downtown Cheyenne. These row houses form a strong statement of brick in a neighborhood dominated by wood frame, and at first glance appear to be identical. However, upon further inspection, it can be discerned that there are four distinct variations on the original theme. The Keefe Cottages as a group are tied together by three strong common denominators--proximity, form, and material. The structures are placed in such a way that they dominate the immediate neighborhood. The form of each of the cottages is essentially rectangular. All are 1 1/2 stories with peaked gable roofs and frame porches. Exterior materials are predominately red brick and sandstone. The significance of these cottages relates to their architecture, architect, and contractor. The Keefe Cottages are architecturally unique to the city of Cheyenne. No where else in the city is there a row of houses so similar in nature and fabric that they may be visually grouped as a single unit. The architect of the structures was J. P. Julien, a resident of Cheyenne, who gained local notoriety through his work. M. P. Keefe, the contractor of Keefe Row and an associate of Julien, was widely acclaimed. He built the main portion of the state capitol building, most of the public schools of Cheyenne, several churches and banks, as well as half of Fort Russell.

The Kendrick Building was designed by William Dubois as a residence for Charles L. Beatty in 1916. Presently occupied by the Wyoming Arts Council, a State agency, the Kendrick Building is located within the complex of State office buildings surrounding the Wyoming State Capitol Building. Built after the State Capitol Building, it typifies Cheyenne's small-town ambiance, in which family life, government and business activity continue to flourish next door to each other. The building is significant because it embodies a distinctive style as designed by one of Wyoming's most important architects. It is also important because it represents one period of Cheyenne's development as a community.

The Lakeview Historic District is significant because it is a cohesive residential area representative of working class architecture found throughout historic Cheyenne. The earliest known structures in Lakeview date to about 1880. Development continued at a steadily increasing pace until about 1930. Construction then slowed, so that by the 1940s, only the occasional vacant lot was being developed. Lakeview is a neighborhood of modest homes originally occupied by railroad workers, clerks, and small business owners. As such, Lakeview is associated with the underlying growth of Cheyenne as a regional center and railroad town. Thus, the district complements its two neighbors, the Capitol North and Rainsford historic districts, both of which feature homes of wealthier ranchers, merchants, and politicians. Many of the same styles--Italianate, Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Bungalow, the revivals--are represented in Lakeview but as smaller, simpler examples.

Antiques Central is located at 2311 Reed Avenue in the northwest portion of the original plat of the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne was basically created by the first transcontinental railroad, making it an important transportation center from its inception. Therefore, its commercial history was inextricably tied to the railroad. This building was constructed in 1922-1923 and was provided with a railroad siding that diverged north from the tracks that ran along Reed Avenue. This line was originally built to serve first Camp Carlin, an important nineteenth century military supply depot, then Fort D.A. Russell, and after 1887, points northward along what became the Cheyenne and Northern Railroad. The building represents early twentieth century factory/warehouse architecture and served first as the Laramie County Milk Producers Cooperative Association creamery and warehouse, and then as a warehouse after the creamery closed in 1940.

The Cheyenne Masonic Temple, first built in 1901, is a well-preserved example of the type of building placed in the State Capitol's structural landscape at the turn of the century. The impressive three-floor brick structure with Romanesque features is representative of the efforts of Cheyenne builders to reflect an image of prosperity through the built environment. The building embodies the distinctive characteristics of a method of construction employed during the early twentieth century in Wyoming. Although certain changes in design occurred during the reconstruction period of the building in 1903 following a fire, sufficient numbers of architectural elements were retained so that significant original design and feeling components continued to be recognizable. Occupants of the building, the Cheyenne Masons, have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Wyoming's social welfare history and thus the building serves as an architectural association with that contribution. In addition, through the memberships of numerous state and federal governmental leaders in the Lodge, the building is associated with persons who have made an impact on Wyoming's history.

Cheyenne Winlectric is located at 1506 Thomes Avenue in the western portion of the original commercial district of the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne had its origins as a railroad town created in 1867 by the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, making it an important transportation center from its inception. Therefore, its commercial history was inextricably tied to the railroad. The building was constructed in ca. 1914-1915 and was provided with its own railroad siding on the south side, which has been removed. The Colorado and Southern Railroad laid tracks along the north side of the building; these have also been removed. However, the Union Pacific Railroad freight yards are located nearby, so the building retains its physical association with the railroad. The building is a well-preserved example of early twentieth century factory/warehouse architecture which originally functioned as a warehouse for a wholesale grocery concern, the McCord-Brady Company. In 1932 the McCord-Brady Company sold its holdings to the Asher-Wyoming Company which advertised itself as ''Wyoming's Leading Wholesale Grocer'' and remained at this location until 1974.

The McDonald Ranch is located southwest of Chugwater on Chugwater Creek. The ranch complex contains seven buildings, six of which are considered to be contributing elements of the complex. These buildings include a large L-shaped ranch house dating from 1890 constructed of native stone covered with stucco. Two large wood frame barns with gambrel roofs were built in 1927 and another wood frame barn with gable roof was probably constructed at an earlier date. Other outlying buildings include the original hewn log homestead cabin built about 1881, an early 20th century frame garage, a frame bunkhouse covered with stucco, and the remains of two rock-lined root cellars dug into a hill near the ranch house. The McDonald Ranch is an important representative of the pioneer southeastern Wyoming cattle industry, not only because of its influence on the economic development of the Chugwater area, but also because it retains architectural features and spatial orientation which reflect late 19th-early 20th century ranching.

The Moore Haven Heights Historic District is eligible as a distinct and cohesive residential area integrally associated with and representative of the significant trends that contributed to the development of the City of Cheyenne from the early twentieth century through the late 1950s. As conceived and carried out, Moore Haven Heights represented an upscale residential district constructed with well-built brick homes of a certain value with similar architectural styles to present a homogeneous appearance. Strict covenants assured that substantial brick homes were built and lots were restricted to single-family dwellings with a garage. As a result, Moore Haven Heights became an established upper-middle class neighborhood.

The district is also nominated due to the remarkable physical integrity of the residences, which reflect the changes in popular architecture in America. From the Tudor brick in the 1920s and 1930s to the one-story Ranch homes built during the 1940s and 1950s. Thus, the predominant Tudor style homes of the 1920s and 1930s gave way to the new architecture, especially after World War II. Today, a drive through the neighborhood from south to north clearly reveals the difference in architecture, lot size, and landscaping.

The Moreton Frewen House was built in the early 1880s. The house is not especially significant for its architecture, exceptional material, or historic events. However, through its original owner and first tenant, Moreton Frewen, it stands as a symbol of a connection that once existed between two widely disparate historic movements. The first of these was a major era in the evolvement of modern Britain, and the second a phase of transition on the fast moving American frontier. Frewen was a wealth scion of British gentry. He was attracted by developments in the American west and eventually located a ranch near the present town of Kaycee, Wyoming. In the early 1880s he began to spend more and more time in Cheyenne in the promotion of various schemes to strengthen the cattle market. At this time he had constructed this small one story house and it remains one of the few surviving creations of Moreton Frewen.

The Mt. Sinai Synagogue in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming is locally significant under criterion C for architecture. This building meets the requirements of criteria consideration A as a unique local example of mid-century Modernism. Mt. Sinai Synagogue represents the need for the relatively small and isolated Jewish community within the city of Cheyenne to maintain its strong religious ties to one another and maintain their deeply held beliefs and traditions, and for its reflection of the history of the Jewish population in Cheyenne since the founding of the city through modern times. It’s also a significant local example of the Mid-Century Modern style of architecture. The building retains integrity of location, design, materials, feeling and association with its simple, clean lines, large, undecorated walls, flat roof, and horizontal window banding. Construction of the synagogue began in 1949, was halted for roughly a year, and a cornerstone dedicated in 1950 when construction began again. The building is still used by the Mt. Sinai congregation for their Jewish faith and traditions.

In 1886 Erasmus Nagle began construction of his home in Cheyenne. The Nagle Mansion is one of the best and last remaining examples of the opulence that was achieved by those who not only struck roots in Cheyenne in the 1870s and 1880s, but who were among the first to exploit the opportunities of the burgeoning economy on the frontier. Erasmus Nagle was one of the leading merchants of Cheyenne and the greater area of Wyoming territory, and is an example of the opportunistic businessman who worked during the heyday of the cattleman's frontier to achieve the power and prosperity that enabled him to build one of the town's finest mansions. Completed in the summer of 1888 at a cost of $50,000, the Nagle Mansion was an architectural showcase when opened to the public at a reception held on the evening of July 26, 1888. Built in the architectural style called Romanesque, the mansion is characterized by massive sandstone block walls and a steeply-gabled roof. Following Nagle's death, the property was purchased in 1915 by Francis E. Warren, a Wyoming territorial governor, the first state governor, and United States senator. Warren died in 1929 and his widow later sold the Warren Mansion to the Young Women's Christian Association.

Pine Bluffs High School, built in 1929, is a fine example of progressive 1920s school architecture, with interior structural and finishing detailing that is unique. The style of the school in its symmetry, proportion, and decorative detail is of the Classical Revival tradition. The building is exemplary of 1920s masonry design and construction; the multi-colored brickwork and absence of cornicework is also typical of construction of the period. The large steel-glazed window panels were state-of-the-art technology in providing good natural lighting and ventilation for an optimum learning environment. The domed gymnasium-auditorium is the distinctive element of the complex. The architect, Eugene Groves of Denver, was regionally prominent as an inventive designer of concrete structures. The dome is a fine exhibit of the structural engineer's ability to span great spaces with minimal material.