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Colorado State University Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...
campus on
Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County, Colorado Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359 ...
was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The building is now named Routt Hall. It is a legacy of the old
Colorado Agricultural College Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado S ...
campus, in fact one of the oldest surviving of the 1878-founded college's structures. It was designed by Pueblo, Colorado architect
Otto Bulow Otto Bulow was an architect from Sweden who worked in Pueblo, Colorado. He designed the Colorado Mineral Palace. The ''Daily Chieftain'' listed him among a party visiting Manitou Springs, Colorado in May 1890. In 1887, he had a contract to supp ...
, who also designed an 1889 addition to the Old Main building. It was deemed a "fine example of the earliest architecture on the campus. The rich detailing of brick and stone exemplified in Old Main (burned: 1972) survives only in this building and Spruce Hall. In fact, the gabled section of the Bonical and Horticultural building essentially duplicated the corresponding parts of the Old Main addition." It was refurbished in 1894 to hold the first Domestic Economy Department in Colorado, after a "Ladies Course" proved to be in high demand and a separate department became justified. The building was secured for this department by efforts of Eliza F. Routt, wife of the last territorial governor of Colorado, who was the first female member of the State Board of Agriculture and promoted higher education for women. With


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Larimer County, Colorado __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Larimer County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colo ...


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Horticulture in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado Buildings and structures completed in 1890 {{Colorado-NRHP-stub