Telluride’s institutional buildings are predominantly two and one-half stories, and constructed of red brick or rusticated stone. The buildings that fall into this category are the Court House, the Miner’s Union (Western Federation of Miners Hospital), the Old Telluride School, and the Masonic Hall Building.

Their features include:

• highly rusticated stone foundation (on brick buildings)

• square tower marking the main entrance

• covered entry that extends off the center of the front façade

• decorated cornice

• gabled or hipped dormers

• paired double-hung windows

• ribbon windows at the top of cross gables

• brick arches and flat stone sills and lintels

• round decorative window in center gable

• pent roof enclosing gable

• roof-top cupola & raised octagonal skylight