National Register of Historic Places - Colorado (CO), Boulder County

Boulder County Colorado (Historic Districts) has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Colorado Chautauqua, Denver, Boulder and Western Railway Historic District, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District--Rollinsville & Middle Park Wagon Road (Boundary Increase) and Norlin Quadrangle Historic District.

The famous person Charles Lewis Hover is associated with one of more of the Boulder County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Boulder County places including Northwestern and Pacific R.R. Denver, Charles Klauder, John Q.A. Rollins, Alexander Cazin, Lloyd Gardiner, W.E. and Mary E. Long, James A. Walker, Glen H. Huntington, Robert S. & Frank S. Roeschlaub and Gordon White. Prominent architectural styles found in Boulder Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Queen Anne.

Boulder County Poor Farm (added 2001 - - #01000969)

Also known as Chambers, George W., Homestead, Fort Chambers Ranch; 5BL378

Address Restricted , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Agriculture, Social History, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Institutional Housing, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Monument/Marker, Single Dwelling

Colorado Chautauqua (added 1978 - - #78000830)

Also known as Chautauqua Park;See Also:Chautauqua Auditorium

900 Baseline Rd., Chautauqua Park , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Columbia Cemetery (added 1997 - - #97000792)

Also known as Pioneer Cemetery;Pioneer Gateway;5BL571

Along 9th St., bounded by Pleasant and College Aves. , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Park

Denver, Boulder and Western Railway Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000882)

Also known as Switzerland Trail of America

CO 72 , Ward

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Transportation, Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Pedestrian Related

Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000881)

Also known as Moffat Road

SW of Eldora , Eldora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Denver,Northwestern and Pacific R.R.

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District--Rollinsville & Middle Park Wagon Road (Boundary Increase) (added 1997 - - #97001114)

Also known as Rollinsville and Middle Park Wagon Road;Boulder Wagon Road;R

Rollins Pass , Rollinsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rollins, John Q.A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Downtown Boulder Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000878)

Also known as See Also:Boulder Post Office

CO 19 , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Downtown Longmont Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001501)

Roughly Main, Coffman and Kimbark Streets between 3rd and 5th Avenues, Longmont

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1879-1967 AD

East Side Historic District (added 1986 - - #86002812)

Roughly bounded by Long's Peak Ave., Collyer St., Fourth Ave., and Emery St. , Longmont

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Eldora Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000978)

Also known as Happy Valley;Eldorado Camp;5BL758

Roughly Eaton Pl., 6th, Pearl, and 4th Sts., Huron Ave., 6th St., Eldorado Ave., and 7th St., Klondyke Ave. & Tenth St. , Eldora

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Hotel, Restaurant

Gold Hill Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000979)

Also known as Gold Hill;5BL769

Roughly bounded by North St., Pine St., Boulder St., Gold Run St., and College St. , Gold Hill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Hotel, Restaurant, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Hotel, Restaurant, School, Single Dwelling

Grandview Terrace (added 2000 - - #99001703)

Also known as Faculty Row, 5BL7496

Roughly bounded by Broadway Ave., University Ave., and ridge of the hill located N of Grandview Ave. , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Huntington, Glen H., White, Gordon

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

College, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Hoverhome and Hover Farmstead (added 1999 - - #98001555)

Also known as Hover Mansion;Hover Farm;5BL555

1303-1309 Hover Rd. , Longmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Roeschlaub, Robert S. & Frank S.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Historic Person:

Hover, Charles Lewis

Significant Year:

1913, 1902

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Museum

Longhurst Lodge (added 2017 - - #100001606)

Also known as Long Cabin, McCarty Cabin, Prentkowski Cabin, SBL.12884

CO 7 & Cty. Rd. 82, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland., Allenspark

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Long, W.E. and Mary E.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1942-1943 AD, 1922-1950 AD

Lyons Sandstone Buildings (added 1980 - - #80000880)

Also known as Lyons Historic District;Lyons Thematic Historic District;See

U.S. 36 and CO 7 , Lyons

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Mount St. Gertrude Academy (added 1994 - - #94001227)

Also known as 5BL1471

970 Aurora St. , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Cazin, Alexander

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Institutional Housing, Religious Structure, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Norlin Quadrangle Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000879)

Also known as Norlin Quadrangle

University of Colorado campus , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Klauder,Charles,et al.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Rock Creek Farm Rural Historic District (added 2023 - - #100007966)

Also known as Goodhue Farm &, Stearns Dairy Farm No. 2 (5BL.787), Rock Creek Station &, Miller Tavern, Denver, Utah &, Pacific Railroad (5BL.374), Colorado Central Railroad (5BL.400), Lincoln Highway and Colorado Route 1

2005 South 112th St., Broomfield

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Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement, Transportation, Architecture, Archeology-Prehistoric

Shannon Farm (added 2003 - - #03001047)

Also known as Rhodora's Arm;Manchester Farm, Red Barn Farm;5BL.7260

1341 N. 95th St. , Lafayette

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Snowbound Mine (added 1989 - - #89000998)

Also known as Patent Number 415;5BL448

Co. Rd. 52 , Gold Hill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Walker Ranch Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000798)

Also known as Walker Ranch;See Also:Walker Ranch Historic District (Bounda

W of Boulder , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Walker,James A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal, Agriculture, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Arapahoe

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Extractive Facility, Fishing Facility Or Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Walker Ranch Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1988 - - #88000756)

Also known as Walker Ranch (5BL235);Myers Homestead (5BL346);See Also:Walk

7.5 mi. W of Boulder off Flagstaff Rd. , Boulder

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Natural Feature

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

West Side Historic District (added 1987 - - #86002846)

Also known as West Side

Roughly bounded by Fifth, Terry, Third, and Grant , Longmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Gardiner,Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling