Boulder Historic Places Plan

PROPERTY OVERVIEW

Property Name:

Chautauqua Park—BPR-owned and managed property within Colorado Chautauqua NHL 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 80302 Baseline Road and 9th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 39.5957 / -105.1653 PT NE 1/4 1-1S-71 75 AC M/L Land Under Chautauqua Park 157901100001 14 Acres / 609,262 SF (city-managed property)

Location: Property Address: Latitude/ Longitude: Legal Property Description: Parcel Tag(s): Acreage / Square Footage:

Date of Construction:

Land purchased for Chautauqua (1898); Arbor (1908); Chautauqua Green (1910); Loop Road (1912); Shelter House, Queen's Gate & King's Gate (1917) W.W. Parce, Landscape Architect

Designer(s):

DESIGNATION, ELIGIBILITY, & CLASSIFICATION SUMMARY**

Ordinance & Listing Information

Current Designation Level

City of Boulder Local Landmark No: Ordinance No: Ordinance Date: State ID: National Historic Landmark No:

x Local Landmark (Local Historic District) _State Register of Historic Places (SRHP) x National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) x National Historic Landmark (NHL) State & National Register Eligibility 4

HD-78-2 4382 September 5, 1978 5BL.361 78000830

State Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

Areas of Significance

Listed Delisted

x Listed Delisted

Education Entertainment / Recreation

Period of Significance

Date Range: 1898 to 1930

Property Integrity: Aspects

Property Types

x Location x Setting x Design x Materials

x Workmanship x Feeling x Association

x District(s) x Sites(s) Buildings(s)

x Structure(s) x Object(s) x Feature(s)

NRHP Evaluation Criterion 5 x Criterion A: The property is associated with event that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history Criterion B: The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past Criterion C: The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction Criterion D: The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history

Individual Character-Defining Features of Property Types

District(s)

Structure(s) Shelter House The Arbor Queen's Gate King's Gate

Site(s) Chautauqua Green

Object(s)

Building(s)

Feature(s)

** Summary is for the Chautauqua Green and inclusive of the City of Boulder managed property within the National Historic Landmark. 4 Martha Vail, "The Colorado Chautauqua," National Historic Landmark Nomination Form (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2005), 46. 5 Ibid. Evaluation is based on this document.

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