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possible the use of coal for fuel. Coal for heat resulted in chan_oes to the interior layout and • furnishings of the houses. The architecture of the pioneer stale took on the ]ook and gene.•a] style of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century rur,.l America. Assigning temporal associations for each of the various types of architectural styles is dif[tcult because some areas, such as the ranches around Delta or Paonia, matured and developed a more sophisticated built environment at the same time that residents in other parts of the County were just beginning the settlement process described above. Building depended largely on wood with only limited use of stone or other materals. The development of Colorado cement supplies made concrete one of the most popular materials for foundations and basements by the end of the nineteenth cenrary. The use of brick tended to be for decorative purposes or in specific applications such as chimneys or foundations/basements. This no doubt reflected the high cost of transportation of bricks to the building sites located in areas generally some distance from railroads or brick yards. The popular styles of the day were reflected around Delta and Gunnison Counties, most notably in the farm and ranch houses and in cases of the more prosperous, the carriage houses and workers' quarters. Of the stylistic influences of the late nineteenth century, two appear to have k been in the majority in the area - Italianate and Gothic Revival -- both vetaculaz, not the work l of azchitects. Probably most were adapted by local builders from pattern books or the popular press. Other styles [hat may have been present include Queen Anne and it variants. 1 In addition to those houses that could be clearly identified as having some stylistic influences the utilitarian vernacular houses transplanted from the Midwest also dotted the Western Slope during the late nineteenth century. The most populaz of these was the "Gabled Ell" as defined in draft ' National Register of Historic Places Bulletin 31. Though that publication refers to midwestetn architecture, the Gabled Ell and its dozens of mutations appears to have been the popular in the region during the late nineteenth century. Also, hipped roof cottages, similar to widely used designs in Colorado coal mining towns appeared. Other vernacular styles such as the double pile and shotgun house also could be found on the Western Slope by 1910. World War I and Depression Stage, 1910-1940 After 1910 the azchitectural preferences of local ranchers, especially the more prosperous ones, diversified and broadened, reflective of the general prosperity on the Western Slope during the first two decades of the new century. Some stylistic movements of the period caught the eye of prospective house builders. However, others did not. Even some of the more urban oriented, generally smaller house styles appeazed on farms and ranches. Three styles that proved popular with rural residents were the bungalow and its variations, the four square or prairie cube and its variations, including one story, hipped roof cottages for workers' quarters. The variations on the four square primarily aze found in porch treatmenu, rear additions, window arrangements and dormer/no dormer roof lines, not in the basic volume, massing and 12