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Boulder Usonia
One of the best Usonian-style houses in Boulder, the Menkick House from 1970 by
Charles Haertling. Behind it is Green Rock.
November 4th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder icon
I am happy to note that this iconic Usonian building, the First Christian Church, located
where the 36 Hwy becomes 28th St at the entranceway to Boulder, is still standing despite
having been for sale for years now. There was concern that it would be torn down and
replaced with student housing.
Designed 1960 by architects Thomas Nixon & Lincoln Jones.
With it’s prominent Boulder location, it is nice way for residents to regularly view a historic
example of the direct influence of Frank Lloyd Wright.
October 27th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Quaker Meeting House
The Quaker Meeting House, a 1961 design in North Boulder by Charles Haertling.
June 9th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder International-style
An International-style house on ‘The Hill’ in Boulder, designed by Glen Huntington,
sometime in the 1930s, I presume.
May 26th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Rocket Ship Jungle Gym
Still standing! The rocket-ship jungle gym from the 1962 dedication of Scott Carpenter Park
in Boulder.
The park was named after the heroic Boulder NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 flew in Project Mercury’s second manned orbital flight, Delta 7, aboard the Aurora 7 spacecraft sitting atop a Mercury-Atlas 7 rocket.
That same year Carpenter not only inspired the name of Boulder’s Aurora 7 Elementary School, but a local Tulagis’ band changed their name to The Astronauts and became the best surf band in the country:
April 27th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder Eye Clinic
The Boulder Eye Clinic, designed 1969 by Charles Haertling.
The four windows originally had protruding bays with eye charts at the ends.
Now home to Boulder’s What Are Records?
(see comments)
March 24th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder Usonian fire stations
Two Usonian-style fire stations from Boulder. This first one is Boulder Fire Station #2,
designed 1958 by Hobart Wagener, a prolific Boulder modernist architect who designed
Williams Village.
(For a great overview of Hobart Wagener, visit the site Boulder Modern House).
Both stations have tall central garages flanked by offices/sleeping quarters on the sides.
In Boulder Fire Station No.2 these flanks have three gables representing the three
Flatirons of Boulder.
Boulder Fire Station #3 below was designed 1964 by Thomas Nixon & Lincoln Jones,
also in the Usonian style.
Nixon & Jones designed Boulder’s iconic Usonian-style First Christian Church whose
prominent bow greets visitors to Boulder as they drive in on 28th Avenue.
November 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Brenton House
One last example of treasured architecture in the Boulder mountains, the Brenton House,
designed 1969 by Charles Haertling.
September 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Mountain Usonian
Another example of the precious architecture in the mountains of Boulder.
This Usonian-style house was designed by Tician Papachristou in 1959.
September 9th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder mountain home
Another Usonian-style Boulder mountain home, the Dammann House,
designed 1966 by Charles Haertling.
September 8th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder mountain homes
The Usonian-style Labrot House pictured above was designed by Hobart Wagener in 1957.
September 8th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Harvest House ad
A 1959 ad for the opening of the Harvest House (now Millennium
Harvest House) on 28th in Boulder.
(click to make larger)
Courtesy of:
September 1st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Erick Roorda
First Christian Church
As of 2010, this iconic example of Boulder’s original modernist architecture is still standing!
The Usonian First Christian Church on 28th in Boulder was designed 1960 by Thomas
Nixon & Lincoln Jones.
August 31st, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Sampson House
The Usonian-style Sampson House in Boulder, designed 1958 by Tician Papachristou.
The roof line resembles Frank Lloyd Wright’s New York Exhibition Pavillion from 1953.
August 12th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Menkick House
The Menkick House near Green Rock in Boulder, designed 1970 by Charles Haertling.
July 20th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
N.C.A.R.
A short visit to I.M. Pei’s mid-1960s masterpeice, the National Center For
Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
June 30th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
A few mountain mod a-frames
Photos taken through the trees… variations of the mountain-mod A-Frame home.
This first one is on Lookout Mountain in Golden.
The rest of these are from the mountains of Boulder.
All of these homes were likely built in the 1960s/early ’70s.
June 22nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Glen Huntington Bandshell
The Art Deco Bandshell in Boulder’s Central Park, designed 1938 by Glen Huntington.
Modeled after the Bandshell at the Hollywood Bowl, this design in Boulder has maintained
it’s original stunning appearance.
June 9th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Denver-Boulder Turnpike
The Denver-Boulder Turnpike, completed 1952. Click photo to enlarge.
At the time of this photo, it ended at Federal. The section between Federal and the
Valley Highway was not completed until 1956.
May 9th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Mountain modern
The roofline works well against the sightline of the ridge in this mountainside modern home in Boulder, probably built in the mid-1960s.
May 8th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Mountainside modern
Nice roofline on this mountainside modern home in Boulder, from the mid-1960s (I presume).
May 8th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Rustic mod
This rustic modern home in Boulder was built in 1966.
I believe this home is part of the Expressionist movement in architecture.
May 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
Boulder Usonian
A hard-to-photograph ’60s Usonian house in Boulder, with a beautiful view of the mountains.
April 26th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder’s downtown ’skyscraper’
The Colorado Building, Boulder’s one downtown skyscraper. This building has a
heliport on the roof!
Designed 1955 by International Style architect James Hunter, this was once a Joslin’s.
April 22nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder Haertling house
The Dammann House, designed 1966 by Boulder architect Charles Haertling,
located on Flagstaff Mountain.
February 23rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
