The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a beautiful new high school for the city of Boulder in 1936-37, replacing an obsolete structure built in 1895. The project cost $550,500. The school’s design is Streamline Moderne (Art Deco) and one of… read more
The Bluebell-Baird Trail, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1933 and 1935, connects “the mouth of Gregory Canyon (Baird Park) with Bluebell Canyon and the Bluebell Shelter.”  It lies within the present City of Boulder Open Space and… read more
In October 1933, Camp SP5C was set up in Boulder at what is now 6th Street and Baseline Road. Their main purpose was to build a road up the west slope of Flagstaff Mountain. The road opened on March 29,… read more
The Green Mountain Lodge, located a half-mile’s hike from Flagstaff Mountain Road, was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934. The Green Mountain Lodge was built in the classic “park rustic” style of the early 20th century. Boulder Open… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) renovated the Halfway House, located halfway up the Flagstaff Mountain Road, in 1933. It includes a room, patio, picnic area and restroom. The Halfway House was originally built in 1919 by the Lion’s Club of… read more
The Morse Well, named for the head of the Boulder Parks, was originally built in 1929. In 1935, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reinforced the well and built a set of retaining walls that set off the site. Morse Well… read more
The Sunrise Circle amphitheater was built between September 1933 and March 1934. It was constructed in a “natural amphitheatre” at the top of Flagstaff Mountain, which had been cleared of debris during the spring of 1933 as part of the… read more
“Between July 1933 and May 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps made a number of improvements to the summit of [Flagstaff] mountain, including a trail between Realization Point (referred to at the time as Inspiration Point) and the Morse Well.” This area… read more
In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) planted 30,000 saplings on Flagstaff Mountain, which today lies within the City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Flatirons Golf Course for the city of Boulder, from 1936 to 1938. It was then called the Boulder Municipal Sports Center. Flatirons Golf Course began as the Boulder Country Club, located at 28th… read more
Batch field house was built in 1936 with the aid of the Public Works Administration (PWA). Set against the football stadium, it is part of the larger University of Colorado athletic complex and still actively used for intramural sports. “The… read more
Completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939, the Mary Rippon Outdoor theater is located on the University of Colorado campus between the Henderson Building (see post on Henderson Building) and the Hellems Art and Sciences Building.  Mary Rippon is… read more
Built in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the University’s Henderson Building houses the Museum of Natural History.  The building cost nearly $200,000 to build, including furnishings.  In 1951, the building was named in honor of Judge Junius Henderson,… read more
The library of the University of Colorado was built with financial aid from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1939. It is still actively in use.
A Women’s Club building was added to the campus of the University of Colorado in 1937, paid for by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). “Before the construction of the new women’s club, the University of Colorado had no suitable… read more