Ward School (Ward, Colorado)
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| Location | 66 Columbia St., Ward, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°04′18″N 105°30′30″W / 40.07171°N 105.50832°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1898 |
| MPS | Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000980[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1989 |
The Ward School, at 66 Columbia St. in Ward, Colorado, is a historic school building later used as the town hall, public library, and post office of Ward Township, and also has been known as Ward Townhall and Post Office. It was built in 1898 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Ward School" in 1989.[1]
It had "one of the most unusual civic uses" of schools in Colorado", having been draped with wet blankets and serving as a fire line.[2]: E13
The first school in Ward was built in 1863.[3]
It is a "substantial" one-story building, and was one of the larger schoolhouses in western Boulder County in its era.[4]
It was built after mining had declined, in the same year as the arrival of the railroad in Ward.[4] "The Ward School has been an important symbol of the community throughout its history. Its original construction was an expression of hope for the prosperity of the community in the coming years of the 20th century and it represented the aspirations that the residents had for Ward's future."[4]
It is one of Ward's oldest buildings, having survived the fire in 1900 which destroyed 53 buildings in Ward and otherwise having outlived the other survivors. Its survival of the fire was dramatic: it was "was draped with wet blankets and served as a fire line, protecting the buildings above it", while the entire lower part of Ward was burned.[4]
It was listed on the National Register as a resource identified in a study, the "Metal Mining and Tourist Era Resources of Boulder County MPS".
Or is it just consistent with the standards set up by that study?
The design, materials and workmanship of the Ward School are typical of the distinguishing features of the Vernacular Community Institutional Building property types that were constructed in Boulder County's metal mining communities during the late 1800s. Its intact appearance and setting make it an excellent example of this historic building tradition of Colorado. The Ward School is one of the property types that meets the registration requirements of the Metal Mining and Tourist Era Resources of Boulder County Multiple Property nomination.[4]
It was named as consistent with the standards for historic listing set by the study "Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS", but had already been listed.[2]
Search out other instances of "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84127661" to be replaced by "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84127661". Hmm have to fire up that editing program, what is it called?
The Ward School meets criteria A and C for its historic and architectural
significance. Its historic importance is derived from school's function as an institution in the town of Ward, the center of one of the most productive mining districts in Boulder County. Architecturally, the building is important as a Vernacular Community Institutional Building, a property type that was typical of Boulder County metal mining communities of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries.[4]
It is now a post office only???
The Ward post office, then 148 years old (though having moved buildings) was proposed to be closed in 2011.[6]
It is one of __ historic rural schoolhouses identified by History Colorado as ___.[7]
It is a one-? or two-? or how many? -roomed schoolhouse.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Suzanne Doggett; Holly Wilson (March 1999). National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Rural School Buildings in Colorado. National Archives. Retrieved November 2, 2021. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ "Western Mining History: Ward, Colorado". Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Deborah Edge Abele; Barbara Norgren (December 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ward School / Ward Townhall and Post Office / 5BL.803.2". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2021. With accompanying two photos from 1986
- ^ "Ward School (Ward Town Hall and Post Office)". History Colorado.
- ^ Silvia Pettem (October 13, 2011). "History: Ward Post Office was one of county's oldest". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Rural School Buildings in Colorado". History Colorado. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
External links
- Ward School saved from a 1900 fire, December 12, 2013 column in Loveland Reporter-Herald by Kenneth Jensen of History Colorado (would require registration to see)
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