Date Event
Source
1977
The cemetery was closed to vehicular traffic due to increased vandalism. Approximately six feet of the fence was removed.
City of Boulder, "Columbia Cemetery History"
1960s to 2010s 1994 to 1996
There was an increase in the quantity of grave markers removed and/or damaged from theft and vandalism. Inventory and evaluation of all standing grave markers completed by Historic Boulder and Boulder Genealogical Society volunteers. Perimeter fence repaired and restored, including reconstruction of missing pieces and the previously stolen southeast gate. The professionally-trained Columbia Cemetery Conservation Corps (CCCC) volunteer group was established in 1999 and performed conservation work on hundreds of grave markers. Multiple grants from the State Historical Fund provided money to reset and clean grave markers, many of which had been overturned and half buried by the 1990s. The existing pedestrian pathways were added and re-defined at the SW and SE entry points. A chain link fence was replaced along western edge of cemetery with in-kind materials. Two benches made of Lyons, Colorado sandstone were installed. One was located north of the entry from Pioneer Gateway and another north of New Anderson Ditch. Design and construction of the Volunteer Shed by CU’s Environmental Design students. New Anderson Ditch reinforced with below-ground sheet piling to keep ditch water from leaking into the cemetery.
City of Boulder
City of Boulder
1998
City of Boulder
1999 to 2019
Boulder Daily Camera, “Cemetery Project Brings Life to Dead” 3/7/1999
2000s
City of Boulder
2006 to 2012
City of Boulder
2011 2013
Boulder Daily Camera, “Leaky Ditch Gets Shored Up By City” 8/7/2013
2013
Electrical lines added to the southwest section of the cemetery to the new Volunteer Shed and Maintenance Shed. Installation of an irrigation system including underground lateral lines and above ground sprinkler heads and control valves. White bronze (cast zinc) grave markers refurbished by McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory in Ohio. The markers were originally manufactured by the Monumental Bronze Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut between 1874 and 1912.
City of Boulder
2014
Boulder Daily Camera, “White Bronze Markers Restored” 3/22/2014. City of Boulder
2014 2015
Steel black fence installed to replace chain link fence along western edge of cemetery.
Restoration of the Maintenance Shed.
2017 to 2019
Volunteers with the City of Boulder's assistance added approximately 30 trees each year.
City of Boulder
2022
Restoration of historic perimeter fence, one piece (8 linear feet), along 9th Street and partial restoration/reconstruction to one piece of the same length along College Avenue at Grant Place. Ongoing restoration and conservation of the cemetery's monuments.
City of Boulder
8-14
Columbia Cemetery
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