Editing Lyons, Colorado (section)

===Historic buildings===
The town is active in history preservation. The Lyons Historical Society, formed in 1976, helped preserve the 1881 schoolhouse (now the Lyons Redstone Museum) and the train depot (now municipal offices). It has recorded video interviews of its pioneer families and published four books on the town's history and five books on pioneer family histories. Lyons has a Designated Historic District, with fifteen sandstone structures which are listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. These were all constructed of native stone by master craftsmen between the early 1870s and 1917. They include commercial, residential and public buildings:

* Griff Evans Homestead (1870): Now the site of Rocky Grass and Folks Festivals
* 480 Seward St. (1890): Chisholm/Truebood Home
* 413 Seward St. (1890): Cunningham/Weese Home
* 409 Seward St. (1890): Montgomery Home
* 426 High St. (1884): Lyons General Store, now Ralston Bros. Antiques
* NW Corner 4th and High Streets (1894): [[Old Stone Congregational Church]]
* NE Corner 4th & High Streets (1881): Lyons School. Now Redstone Museum
* 427 High St. (1890s): Dynamite storage building
* 450 Main St. (1881): McAllister Saloon/Frank Market, now Main Stage Brewing
* 415 Main St. (1890): General Store/Kandy Kitchen, now South Creek Ltd.
* 401 Main St.(1917): Turner Stevens Building, now Solhawk
* 5th & Broadway (1881): Train Depot, Horse Water Tank (1897)
* S. St. Vrain (1870): Bradford Homestead, 330 Bradford Street, privately owned
* 1/2&nbsp;mi. E. on Hwy. 66 (1885): Sites Milkhouse, now C. Shepard Gallery
* 3 Mi. E on Hwy. 66 (1917): Montgomery School, now M. Weston home