Construction & Alteration History
Date Event
Source
1898
City of Boulder purchased 171 acres of land for the chautauqua.
Chautauqua Land- scape Guidelines, 7
Chautauqua Green land served as a horse and carriage parking and entrance into the site during early chautauquas.
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1899
Boardwalk built within Chautauqua Green for access from Baseline Road.
1901
The Boulder Improvement Association hired W. W. Parce to complete a plan for Colorado Chautauqua, including Chautauqua Green (originally named “Tennis Park”). The Arbor built on the north-south walk at the top of a steep grade, as a rest stop for travelers arriving by trolley on Baseline Road.
1908
The road into Chautauqua widened and improved.
1910
Chautauqua Green's oval plowed and seeded with grasses.
1911
Carriage and pedestrian gateway built at 10th Street and Baseline Road.
1912
Vehicular entrance relocated to Grant Place, loop road built within Chautauqua Green, and northeast entrance became a pedestrian only entrance.
1913
Playground built.
1917
Shelter House, King's Gate, and Lincoln Street Steps (Queen’s Gate) built. King's Gate replaced the gateway built in 1911.
Stone walls built along Baseline Road and at the vehicular entrance at Grant Place.
1930s
Original twelve light-fixed windows in Shelter House removed, and openings left open.
1954
Rock Miners Memorial installed near the vehicular entrance.
1964
Tennis court built east of the playground and lower parking lot area graded.
1978
Chautauqua Park Historic District designated a local historic district by the City of Boulder.
Chautauqua Park Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
1981
Rose garden installed near Rock Miners Monument.
1985
Chautauqua Green Master Plan prepared by the City of Boulder.
1987
Clematis Drive and Sumac Drive narrowed to provide more parking and modified to add green space. Two rounded interior corners eliminated. A section of stone gutter on the east side replaced with a sloped gutter with sandstone pieces set in concrete.
Ranger Cottage and parking area built.
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