The preservation of our culture and heritage is the objective of developing a formal means of keeping track of parts of our history. Some of those parts are in museums, some are in the records in the historical section of our library and some in history books. A significant adjunct to these sources is the preservation of significant buildings, houses and neighborhoods.
Pueblo has a diverse cultural heritage.
This is evident by the groups that perform ethnic dances, festivals and other cultural activities. But, in addition, we have many neighborhoods and individual houses that bring us the graphic evidence of how people live, work and play. The goal of historic preservation of houses and neighborhoods is to retain those structures which add to our knowledge of, where our predecessors came from and what they did day to day. Many structures still exist that housed small family businesses, taverns, grocery stores or general stores. If we act promptly it will be possible to save some of the most significant ones and even restore them to productive use.