The Two Buttes Gymnasium is an ashlar sandstone-walled 60-by-130-foot (18 m × 40 m) single-story gym building located at 5th and C Sts. in Two Buttes, Colorado. It was built during 1935–37 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in style that has been termed WPA Rustic architecture.[1][2]
Two Buttes Gymnasium | |
 The property in 2015. | |
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| Location | 5th and C Sts., Two Buttes, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′36″N 102°23′55″W / 37.56000°N 102.39861°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1935-37 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, WPA Rustic |
| MPS | New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001119[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 2009 |
The building has served as a sports facility and as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
Its construction employed 36 persons, and used stone from eight separate local quarries.[2] [3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Two Buttes Gymnasium". Colorado Preservation.
- ^ "Two Buttes Gymnasium". Southeast Colorado. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012.
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