Fruita Museum

Fruita Museum, a small Rustic-style public building at 432 E. Aspen in Fruita, Colorado, was built in 1938 and 1939 as a Works Progress Administration project to serve as a museum. Constructed from stone gathered from south of the river, from the Utah desert west of Fruita, and from rocks donated by residents, it became known as the Rock-a-Day Building because of its slow, careful construction. Its public role evolved with the town’s needs: it housed the Fruita Times beginning in 1945, served as the Fruita Library from 1948 to 1996, and later became home to the Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce and a visitor center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Fruita, Colorado · United States