Cheyenne Historic Preservation

📝It's nomination time!

Do you know of a Cheyenne home over 50 years old with incredible preservation? Nominate it for this year's Dubois Award!

The Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board is accepting nominations through July 31st to find our next historic winner.

You can put in your nomination, learn more about the award, and see past winners at our website: https://www.cheyennecity.org/Your-Government/Departments/Planning-and-Development-Department/Historic-Preservation-Board

The Asher Building (500 W. 15th Street) is this year's LeClercq Jones award winner! Check out below to learn more!

Historic Cheyenne building honored with 2026 LeClercq Jones Award The Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board is proud to announce that the Asher Building at 500 W. 15th St., represented by Laurie Hutchinson, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s LeClercq Jones Award for Historic Preservation.

🖋 Last week, Mayor Patrick Collins signed a proclamation declaring May as "Historic Preservation Month" in Cheyenne!

🎉All citizens in Cheyenne are invited to celebrate the preservation of our recognized National Historic Landmarks and Properties throughout the City.

On this day in 1930, the first airline stewardesses made their flying debut traveling from Cheyenne to Chicago and San Francisco to Cheyenne.

The Boeing Air Transport starting training the world's first stewardesses in Cheyenne. When the airline transitioned to United Airlines, they operated the training school from 1947 to 1961.

While the original terminal building and airport fountain are already included in the National Register of Historic Places, our Board is working on a new nomination for the 1961 terminal! Stay tuned for more updates.

📷 - all courtesy of Wyoming State Archives
01: First stewardess class in front of Boeing Air Transport plane, 1930
02: United Airline stewardess, 1937.
03: United Airline stewardesses, c. 1930s to 1940s
04: Frontier Airline plane in front of the 1961 airport terminal still standing in Cheyenne.

Our friends at the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority - DDA are still accepting applications for the Downtown Banner Program!

Don't forget to apply by May 18th!

View full guidelines and submit here: https://tinyurl.com/3dakwb8n

This National Preservation Week, we’re looking back at a piece of our local history: the Laramie County Carnegie Library.

Completed in 1902, it was the first Carnegie library in Wyoming. Located on West 22nd & Capitol Ave, it was best known for its grand, elevated exterior staircase—a signature feature of many Carnegie designs.

Despite its significance to the community, the building was demolished in 1971 to make way for a newer facility.

This week (and beyond), we hope all Cheyenneites help protect and preserve our community’s remaining historic gems.

📷: Courtesy Wyoming State Archives

Remember when the Jim Baker Cabin was in Frontier Park?

With Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

Do you love Wyoming preservation and want to help shape it's future?

The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office is looking for public feedback on their 10-year plan.

Check out their post and see how you can help!

The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is inviting the public to help shape the future of our state’s cultural heritage. Comments can be made until May 28, 2026. Wyoming residents, stakeholders, and preservation partners are encouraged to review and comment on the draft of the 2027 – 2037 Statewide Historic Preservation Plan.

The public is invited to read and submit comments on the draft plan located on the WY SHPO’s website:
https://wyoshpo.wyo.gov/index.php/programs/planning-historic-contexts/historic-preservation

There are three ways to submit comments to the WY SHPO: via email, Google Form, or by mail. Please send written comments to [email protected] via our Google Form, or by mail to:

Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
Attn: Gwendolyn Kristy
1000 E University Ave, Dept. 3431
Laramie, WY 82071

If a physical copy of the draft plan is required, please contact Gwendolyn Kristy. All comments must be submitted no later than May 28, 2026.

Every ten years, the SHPO updates this comprehensive plan to identify goals, evaluate past goals, and strategically plan for the future related to preserving Wyoming’s unique cultural, archaeological, architectural, and historical legacy. This iteration of the Statewide Historic Preservation Plan will guide state and local efforts for the next decade, helping to ensure places that define Wyoming’s past remain an important part of its future.

Here is a direct link to a PDF of the Draft Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lwfF09g_O1VkWoCXnLL4tSshfz_P59qh/view

There are still a few days left to make a nomination for the Dubois award to help recognize and celebrate the history of Cheyenne! Nominations are being accepted now through April 10.

Do you know of a home in Cheyenne that has preserved its historic nature?

Consider nominating the property for the 2026 Dubois Award from the Historic Preservation Board!

Nominations are being accepted now through April 10. The award will be given during National Historic Preservation Month in May.

The Dubois Award is for exceptionally significant preservation efforts on residential properties. Properties must:

🏡 Be primarily used as a residence,

📍 Have a Cheyenne mailing address, and

5️⃣0️⃣ Be more than 50 years old.

Guidelines for ranking integrity, restoration and other factors of historic preservation are considered by the board to select award recipients.

Learn more about how to submit a nomination: https://www.cheyennecity.org/News-articles/Nominations-accepted-for-2026-Historic-Preservation-Dubois-Award