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A real estate appraisal card, compiled by the Boulder County Assessor, used for taxation purposes. The date span reflects the earliest and latest entries made on the card.

Views of Boulder High School when newly completed.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Double gable with decorative cut shingles on gable ends. Clapboard siding. Two doors on front facade with transoms over doors. Inset porch with turned wood spindle supports and wooden porch floor. Dormer on east facade. Architraved window surrounds., STYLE : Vernacular Queen Anne., DATE BUILT : ca. 1900., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house represents the small, vernacular working class houses which were built in the Goss/ Grove neighborhood from 1880 to 1910. The Queen Anne details incorporated into the design of the home are commonly found in this area.

This folder contains aerial photographs of downtown Boulder.

Group photograph of the Boulder High School graduating class of 1965 at their 50th reunion, held 28-30 August 2015. Photo taken in front of the school at 1604 Arapahoe Avenue. A pdf of the 50th Reunion book is also included.

Photograph showing signs and a banner celebrating the 2020 graduates of Boulder High. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional graduation ceremony was postponed.

View of the house at 1616 Arapahoe Avenue when the J.H. Rozzell family lived there, according to Ed Tangen's notes. Two boys, wearing Handy Lumber caps, standing by porch (Tangen photo #3263)

Group photograph of the Boulder High School graduating class of 1963 at their 50th reunion, held 16 and 17 August 2013. Photo taken in front of the school at 1604 Arapahoe Avenue. A pdf of the 50th Reunion book is also included.

STYLE : Vernacular masonry., DATE BUILT : 1948.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Double gable. Decorative cut shingles. Overhanging eaves. Turned spindles. Porch with hipped roof, stone steps and wood floor. Shutters. Double-hung windows, architraved window surrounds. Center chimney. Clapboard., STYLE : Vernacular Queen Anne., DATE BUILT : ca. 1900., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house is representative of the vernacular Queen Anne style residences constructed in the Goss/Grove neighborhood at the turn of the century.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Asymmetrical high school building composed of narrow layers of native sandstone in stonework similar to that of University of Colorado buildings. Main entrance bay extends 3 stories and includes fixed pane windows grouped in four; glazed doors with transoms; flat metal hood with aluminium letters reading "HIGH SCHOOL." Flat roofed wings with narrow concrete cornice with beveled edge extend from entrance area., Eastern wing projects slightly forward and has two-story section with curved wall topped by windows in concrete band; behind this is 4-story tower with clock and glass block. Western wing features bands of multi-light windows with metal sash on second and third stories; 3-light windows evenly spaced on first story and has one-story northern projection. Extending from rear of building is 3-story projection with interesecting wing on southeast., STYLE : Art Moderne., DATE BUILT : 1937., DESIGNATION: National Register Eligible., CURRENT NAME: Boulder High School., ARCHITECT: Frank W. Frewen, Earl C. Morris, Glen H. Huntington., CONTRACTOR: Mead & Mount Construction Company (Denver, CO)., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This building is significant to the development of Boulder's educational facilities, having been erected in 1937 as the replacement for the State Preparatory School and serving as Boulder's only high school until 1962. The school is significant as a representation of the public works projects of the 1930s in Boulder. The building is representative of the Morderne style.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Commercial structure with low hipped roof. Overhanging eaves. Corner entrance. Horizontal bands of windows. Neon sign., STYLE : Vernacular., DATE BUILT : 1911., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This structure is significant for the continuous commercial role it has played in the neighborhood's history. Originally a grocery, later a meat locker and now a pizza parlor, the building has been associated with food services for the neighborhood.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Side gabled, 1 1/2 story field house. Lower story has shed roofed additions on east and west composed of sandstone laid in CU style layers of varied thickness and pattern; end walls of first story are brick; concrete foundation. Upper story of frame construction with asbestos siding. Brick chimney on rear. Vented gable ends. Windows of first story are multiple light; upper story windows are single- light fixed pane in pairs., Central entrance with double metal doors., DATE BUILT: 1948., STYLE: Vernacular Masonry., BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: [Unknown]., ARCHITECT: [Unknown]., HISTORIC NAME: Boulder High School Fieldhouse, CURRENT NAME: Boulder High School Fieldhouse, ORIGINAL OWNER: Boulder Valley School District., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The Field House was a major component of the expansion and improvement of Boulder High athletic facilities in 1948. The original building was greatly expanded and the building's western elevation was designed in a style compatible with other vernacular sandstone buildings reflecting the CU style stonework employed at the university in its layers of sandstone in varied thicknesses and patterns.