Historic Boulder, Inc.

HHistoric Boulder was born following a battle to save precious pieces of Boulder's past. Highland School, the Union-Pacific Depot and Central School were all threatened with demolition in 1971. Historic Boulder, organized in 1972, was instrumental in saving Highland School and the Depot; Central School was demolished. Out of this destruction rose the urgency for a legal mechanism which would evaluate historic sites. In 1974, Boulder’s Landmarks Preservation Ordinance was passed and shortly after, the inventory of significant sites began. A county landmark regulation allowing the landmarking of sites in Boulder County passed in 1992 and was the first regulation of its kind in Colorado.

Historic Boulder, Inc. is the local partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Boulder, Colorado.