• Colorado Amphitheater - Golden CO
    "Located on the south side of South Table Mountain, the amphitheater was constructed by the WPA during 1933-35. With an estimated 2,500 seats, it is the second largest of only four known historic open-air amphitheaters in Colorado. The fieldstone and concrete seating area was built on the natural slope below the mesa’s edge. It forms an inverted Ushape that is flanked by concrete mortared stone walls, which are buttressed for support. An associated footbridge, crossing a drainage, provides access from a parking lot."   (www.historycolorado.org) The amphitheater was built to serve Camp George West of the National Guard. One of its primary...
  • Genesee Park - Golden CO
    Genessee is the largest park in the Denver Mountain Parks system. It was established in 1913. "During the New Deal, two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps operated near Genesee beginning in 1935. The large stone shelter near Genesee Mountain, completed in 1939 by the CCC workers, still provides space for group picnicking and family or organization events. With a capacity of 300, it is the largest shelter in the Mountain Parks; reservations for use are available by fee."  (https://mountainparkshistory.org)
  • Golden Cemetery - Golden CO
    "The Golden Cemetery was the site of the major community effort, in concert with the Civil Works Administration and Works Progress Administration, to beautify, modernize and reclaim the cemetery grounds. Its transformation via federal public works projects during the 1930s was part of an important pattern of events that made a significant contribution to the development of the Golden area community that has lasted to this day. While many American communities took advantage of the aid in improvements the federal public works agencies of the Great Depression had to offer, Golden was particularly aggressive in pursuing funding for numerous projects...The...
  • Katherine Craig Park - Golden CO
    "Although included by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in his Mountain Park System Plan of 1914, the land was not acquired until 1935. The park served as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp from 1937 to 1941. Surviving buildings and foundations date from this period."
  • Post Office - Golden CO
    The Downtown Station post office in Golden, Colorado was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The cornerstone has been hidden or obliterated during the addition of a ramp, but there is a local landmark plaque put up by the City of Golden. It is a simple single-story building in a Classical Moderne style with a green metal roof. The small tower on top is unusual, as if the architect was undecided between Moderne and Federalist styles.  There is a notable, round metal sculpture over the door and it appears that the entrance has been modified by the addition of...
  • Post Office Mural - Golden CO
    A Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Building the New Road" was painted by Kenneth Evett in 1941 for the Golden post office (now the Downtown Station post office). The mural is still in place and in good shape.  The florescent lighting on it is unfortunate, but there is a very well done display beneath it on the construction of the building.