Preserving the heritage & irresplaceable architecture of Cordillera - Vail Valley, C.O.

Dear Friends,

John Rainey, Founder & ChairmanI am John Rainey, chairman and co-founder along with my wife Anne Edens Rainey, of Cordillera Preservation Foundation.  We at the CPF are pleased to welcome you to our website.  Read More...


Featured Projects
Bearden Cabin

Bearden Family Cabin
Bearden Family Cabin
Rolando Bearden, his wife and children moved into their first Cordillera home, a one-room cabin on 300 acres in gorgeous Vail Valley, in 1915. The five-person family outgrew the cabin by the 1940s, however, and abandoned it for a second cabin they built nearby. This first home, referred to as the Bearden Cabin, was left uninhabited and untended until...

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Bearcat's Cabin

Bearcat's Cabin
Bearcat's Cabin
The restoration of Bearcat’s Cabin, the second home to Vail Valley’s Bearden family, has been the Cordillera Preservation Foundation’s “signature project” since the Foundation began its work on it in the spring of 2006.  Retaining many original components of the cabin, the CPF is working to preserve the history of this home while enhancing its future use as a visitor attraction.

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Penny Homestead

Penny Homestead
Penny Homestead
Situated at 9,000 feet above sea level in the Cordillera region known as “The Summit,” a pair of small wooden cabins was home to the Penny family in the early 20th century. In 2003, the Cordillera Preservation Foundation discovered the weathered structures and deemed them historically significant to the Vail Valley...

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