Two Buttes Gymnasium

United States historic place in Colorado

United States historic place


Two Buttes Gymnasium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The property in 2015.
37°33′36″N 102°23′55″W / 37.56000°N 102.39861°W / 37.56000; -102.39861
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 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]

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

^ ^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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (includes photo) ()