Main Avenue Historic District, Historic district along Main Avenue in Durango, United States.

The Main Avenue Historic District covers 34 acres (14 ha) along Main Avenue in Durango and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Its 1980 nomination counted 104 buildings: 86 contributing, 12 compatible modern ones and 6 negative intrusions. Among the ten buildings rated most important are the 1887 Strater Hotel at 699 Main, the 1897 Newman Block at 801-813 Main and the 1892 Burns Bank at 900 Main.

The district's oldest building, the Wetter Mercantile at 605 Main, dates to 1883, and Ernest Wetter kept his store there from 1903 into the late 1930s. The Strater Hotel opened in 1887, and the Newman Block followed in 1897. A 1975 fire destroyed several buildings later replaced by the Main Mall. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 1980.

The architecture displays Late Victorian and Revival influences seen in buildings like the four-story Strater Hotel from 1887. These structures shape the streets today and show how successful merchants designed their businesses.

The district runs along Main Avenue in downtown Durango, with the listed buildings concentrated between the 600 and 1000 blocks. The sidewalks are level and the blocks are short, so the whole stretch can be covered on foot. Look for the addresses on the facades to follow the sequence of buildings from the 1880s to the 1920s.

The Gold Slipper building, constructed around 1900, was originally an Adolph Coors beer bottling plant before being converted into a commercial building. This transformation shows how the use of buildings in the city changed over time.