Two Buttes Gymnasium

5th and C Sts., Two Buttes, Colorado. County/parish: Baca.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 22, 2009. NRIS 09001119.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • 5BA.1146

From Wikipedia:

Two Buttes Gymnasium

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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84125588

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