Date added: April 21, 2013; Modified: August 10, 2022
The Devils Kitchen Picnic Shelter in Colorado National Monument was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1941. It is unusually large, with three sandstone fireplaces, and includes a comfort station (restrooms). The shelter was built in National Park Service… read more
Date added: May 25, 2016; Modified: August 9, 2022
The farmland around the town of Fruita in western Colorado was the site of a Resettlement Administration (RA) project that relocated poor farmers driven out by the Dust Bowl. Some 34 families had been relocated to Fruita by 1937. The… read more
Date added: May 1, 2013; Modified: August 9, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a community hall, 1938-40, for use by farm families relocated from the Dust Bowl to a Resettlement Community in Fruita and Loma, Colorado. It is a tall, single-story, wood frame building, with plank siding… read more
Date added: August 7, 2022
The town of Fruita, Colorado received a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant of over $70,000 that covered almost half the cost of a new Fruita High School, begun in 1935 and completed in 1936. The building is now used as… read more
Date added: March 5, 2015; Modified: August 7, 2022
This park surrounding Echo Lake in the Colorado Rocky Mountains contains two structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): a stone pavilion and a concession stand. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, along… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: August 7, 2022
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
Date added: April 21, 2013; Modified: August 5, 2022
Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive is a 2-mile stretch of Colorado Highway 74 between the towns of Morrison and Idledale, just west of Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. The route is noted for its enclosing granite cliffs and diverse… read more
Date added: April 25, 2013; Modified: August 4, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built this octagonal stone shelter The shelter was designed by Denver architect J.J.B. Benedict in the popular parks rustic style of the time, using native stone and timber to blend with the natural setting. Little… read more
Date added: January 6, 2012; Modified: August 4, 2022
The Mount Morrision Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp was constructed in 1935-36 and used until 1941. The young men stationed there were the labor force that built the magnificent Red Rocks Amphitheatre and improved Red Rocks Park. The camp is… read more
Date added: October 9, 2012; Modified: August 4, 2022
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…. read more
Date added: November 19, 2014; Modified: July 31, 2022
The elementary school in Basalt, Colorado was originally built as the town’s high school in 1937-38. The school was paid for, in part, with a $20,970 federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant, which covered nearly half of the $46,504 total… read more
Date added: July 24, 2022; Modified: July 24, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) lent Grand County $33,750 to help build a new county courthouse in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, in 1937-38—now the Grant County Administration Building. The project’s total cost was $75,733. (PWA Docket No. CO 1060-R.) The… read more
Date added: July 7, 2015; Modified: June 23, 2022
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
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: June 23, 2022
“North Platte Country against the Mountains” was painted by John H. Fraser in 1940 for the Littleton post office, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Art. It currently hangs in the City Hall. “When the post office underwent renovations… read more
Date added: July 21, 2016; Modified: June 23, 2022
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.