You are here

Colorado » The South Platte » Boulder County » Boulder » Boulder County Courthouse

Boulder County Courthouse

-A A +A
1933, Glen H. Huntington. 1300 Pearl St. Mall
  • (Valerie Walls)

This Art Deco replacement for an Italianate courthouse destroyed in 1932 by fire was considered shockingly ultramodern when built. The stepped-back building, designed by the son of Denver architect Glen Wood Huntington, uses sandstone blocks taken from bridge abutments of the dismantled Switzerland Trail railroad. The blocks were trucked to the site, then sized and cut on the courthouse lawn. International Style wings (1962, Hobart Wagener) now enclose a small courtyard on the north. Rather than make further additions, the county moved expanding offices into the Elks Lodge (1904), a two-story brick building with garland frieze and stone trim at 2045 13th Street.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,