Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory

United States historic place


Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Building in 2010

Location	Colorado State University campus, Fort Collins, Colorado
Coordinates	40°34′40″N 105°04′41″W / 40.57782°N 105.07796°W / 40.57782; -105.07796
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890
Architect	Otto Bulow
NRHP reference No.	78003395
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1978

The Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory on the Colorado State University campus on Fort Collins, Colorado was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The building is now named Routt Hall.

It is a legacy of the old Colorado Agricultural College campus, in fact one of the oldest surviving of the 1878-founded college's structures. It was designed by Pueblo, Colorado architect Otto Bulow, who also designed an 1889 addition to the Old Main building. It was deemed a "fine example of the earliest architecture on the campus. The rich detailing of brick and stone exemplified in Old Main (burned: 1972) survives only in this building and Spruce Hall. In fact, the gabled section of the Bonical and Horticultural building essentially duplicated the corresponding parts of the Old Main addition."

It was refurbished in 1894 to hold the first Domestic Economy Department in Colorado, after a "Ladies Course" proved to be in high demand and a separate department became justified. The building was secured for this department by efforts of Eliza F. Routt, wife of the last territorial governor of Colorado, who was the first female member of the State Board of Agriculture and promoted higher education for women.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
"This was once a palace of minerals". October 19, 2015.
^ Miriam T. Hoff (March 1, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory / Veterinary Science Annex". National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2021. With accompanying photo from 1976
Noel, Thomas Jacob (2006). Guide to Colorado Historic Places: Sites Supported by the Colorado Historical Society's State Historical Fund. Big Earth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56579-493-1.

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