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United States historic place in Colorado

United States historic place
Two Buttes Gymnasium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The property in 2015.
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Location5th and C Sts., Two Buttes, Colorado
Coordinates37°33′36″N 102°23′55″W / 37.56000°N 102.39861°W / 37.56000; -102.39861
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1935-37
Built byWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, WPA Rustic
MPSNew Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains MPS
NRHP reference No.09001119
Added to NRHPDecember 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.

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.

Its construction employed 36 persons, and used stone from eight separate local quarries.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Two Buttes Gymnasium". Colorado Preservation.
  3. "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) ()
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