Two Buttes Gymnasium


Two Buttes Gymnasium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The property in 2015.
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Location	5th and C Sts., Two Buttes, Colorado
Coordinates	37°33′36″N 102°23′55″W / 37.56000°N 102.39861°W / 37.56000; -102.39861Coordinates: 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 #	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

1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Two Buttes Gymnasium". Colorado Preservation.
↑ "Two Buttes Gymnasium". Southeast Colorado. (includes photo) (Google-cached version)

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