NPS Form (3-82) OMB No Expires "The College'VPalmer Hall/Cutler Hall (Theme Resource Colorado College)

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1 NPS Form (3-82) OMB No Expres Unted States Department of the Interor Natonal Park Servce Natonal Regster of Hstorc Places Inventory Nomnaton Form See nstructons n How to Complete Natonal Regster Forms Type all entres complete applcable sectons 1. Name hstorc and or common For NPS use only receved MAY ^ 3 I986 date entered J * "The College'VPalmer Hall/Cutler Hall (Theme Resource Colorado College) 2. Locaton Cutler Hall street & number Q1? NnyHl c Ayem<a n/a not for publcaton cty, town Colorado Sprngs n/a vcnty of state Colorado code 08 county El Paso code Classfcaton Category dstrct XX buldng(s) structure ste object XX Theme Ownershp publc XX prjvate both Publc Acquston n/ a n process n/a beng consdered 4. Owner off Property Status XX. occuped unoccuped work n progress Accessble XX yes: restrcted.. yes: unrestrcted no Present Use agrculture commercal XX educatonal entertanment government ndustral mltary name The Colorado College c/o Gresham Rlev. Presdent street & number museum park prvate resdence relgous scentfc transportaton other: cty, town Colorado Sprngs n/a vcnty of state Colorado Locaton of Legal Descrpton courthouse, regstry of deeds, etc. El Paso County Clerk and Recorder's Offce street & number 27 E. Vermjo cty, town Colorado Sprngs state Colorado 6. Representaton n Exstng Surveys ttle Colorado Inventory of Hstorc Stes has ths property been determned elgble? yes XX no date 1983 federal XX state county local depostory for survey records Colorado Hstorcal Socety,OAHP, 1300 Broadway cty, town Denver state Colorado 80203

2 7. Descrpton Condton excellent XX good far deterorated runs unexposed Check one unaltered XX altered Check one XX orgnal ste moved date Descrbe the present and orgnal (f known) physcal appearance Cutler Hall, desgned n the Hgh Vctoran Gothc style by the Boston, Massachusetts, frm of Peabody and Sterns, was constructed n , wth flankng wngs constructed n The Gothc Rvval structure, a 5-part plan and facng east, s bult of rock-faced, coursed ashlar trachyte, a pnksh color volcanc rock quarred at Douglas Staton near Castle Rock, Colorado. It s backed wth sandstone from a quarry near old Colorado Cty. The contrastng whte trm s of dressed Mantou lmestone. When the buldng frst opened, t faced an unlandscaped four-block campus square across Cascade Avenue. The settng was dramatc, wth the Rocky Mountans as a backdrop and wth no other buldngs, trees, or shrubbery nearby. Today Cutler Hall has less physcal promnence, beng more obscured by mature trees and foundaton plantngs and s surrounded by large buldngs. A crcular drve extends to the facade provdng vehcular access from North Cascade Avenue. Concrete walks extend around the buldng provdng access to the front and rear entrances. The earler two-story, symmetrcally desgned, central secton s flanked by one-story wngs connected wth hyphens. The steeply ptched gabled roof of the central secton s parallel to the facade; wng roofs are perpendcular. A hgh foundaton extends around the structure. Gable ends are parapeted wth the central sectons rsng nto grouped chmney stacks suggestng multple chmney pots. A cupola n the form of a flesche s centered on the roof rdge of the central secton. The cupola s a twor-stage bell tower remnescent of London*s Prnce Albert Memoral. The frst stage, wth open buttresses at the cornce of each elevaton whch have a trefol arch extendng nto an open tympanum, supports an ogee roofed structure second stage. The facade of the central secton s a 3-bay composton wth the second floor beng slghtly recessed above the contnuous wndow sll-belt course. Compounded ponted arches wthn an open pedment characterze the entrance feature whch s flanked wth stepped buttresses. Above the entrance s a par of double hung sash, each wth a ponted arch transom above a transom bar, all set wthn a large ponted blnd arch of the contrastng lmestone. A quarterfol nflls the arch whch extends above the man eave, and s capped by a parapeted gable typcally set wth lmestone copng and corbels above the man eave. The apex termnates wth a crocket fnal. At the frst floor, flankng the entrance, are trple openngs wth double hung sash set below transoms. Typcally, the beveled mullons, quoned jambs, slls, and lntels are lmestone. At the second floor, flankng the central feature, are pars of wndow openngs above ponted arch transoms set below the open pedmented gable extendng above the man eave. The three bays suggest dormers by projectng beyond the recessed second floor wall surface. Segementally arched, sngle openng basement wndows are set below the flankng facade bays wthn the foundaton whch extends to a contnuous moulded lmestone water table - frst floor wndow sll course. The facade of each flankng wng s characterzed by the parapeted gable end set wth a par of flatheaded double hung sash set below transoms. Lmestone trm contnues as the water table-sll course, narrow beveled mullons, and as lntels whch extend nto the gables as blnd panted arches. The lntels extend horzontally across each wng facade to parapet corbels supportng copng stones. A contrastng collar course

3 NPS Form 10-MO* OMB No Expres Unted States Department of the Interor Natonal Park Servce Natonal Regster of Hstorc Places Inventory Nomnaton Form Colorado College Contnuaton sheet Cutler Hall (Theme Resource) tem number 7 pgge 2 extends across each gable above the blnd arch. Smaller, segmentally arched sngle openng basement wndows are set wthn the foundaton. Typcally the rear elevaton of the wngs are smlar wth double openngs and wder basement openngs. Each sde elevaton of the wngs have trple, double hung wndow openngs below transoms wth lmestone mullons, quoned jambs and lnatels. Below are two wndow openngs set nto the foundaton. The connectng hyphens mantan the wngs 1 eave heght, have a low gabled roof and wndow openngs at the facade and rear elevatons, set on the water table-sll course. The sngle double hung wndow openngs have canted or beveled quoned jambs and lntels. A basement wndow s located below each. The rear elevaton of the central secton, whle reflectng the three-bay facade, has Gothc detaled bargeboarded dormers replacng the stone parapets. The central dormer s enlarged to extend over a balcony, supported on large brackets, above the rear doorway whch s a smple ponted arche wth chamfered and quoned jambs. The low balcony ralng has jgsaw cut slats and has grouped colonettes and brackets that support the exposed structure of the gable. Second floor wndows are pars of double hung sash wth ponted arch transoms and wde center mullons. At the frst floor are sngle wndow openngs set wth a Tuscan plaster at the corners of the elevaton. The wndow openng at the southwest corner has been expanded wth three wndow openngs havng wooden mullons set below a common heght lntel matchng the corner wndows. A segmentally arched basement wndow s centered below the larger wndow group. A smaller basement wndow s asymmetrcally located opposte the entrance Each elevaton has smple steps and a shallow landng set between poda. End elevatons of the central secton are desgned ndvdually. That of the north gable end has two attc wndows flankng the slghtly projectng chmney stack. The wndows have a lmestone label lntel motf whch extends down the jambs. The south gable end contans wndow openngs flankng the hyphen. At the second floor each lntel supports a compound ponted arch set wth a roundel whch extends nto the gable.

4 8. Sgnfcance Perod prehstorc _?? ' Areas of Sgnfcance Check and justfy below archeology-prehstorc communty plannng landscape archtecture. relgon _ archeology-hstorc agrculture X]L_ archtecture -_ art..._ commerce communcatons conservaton economcs XX_. educaton _ engneerng._. exploraton/settlement.._ ndustry._.._ nventon law lterature mltary musc phlosophy poltcs/government scence sculpture socal/ humantaran theater transportaton other (specfy) Bu.de,/A,ch.tect Peabogy^Stearns Statement of Sgnfcance (n one paragraph) Cutler Hall was the frst buldng erected on the Colorado College campus and thus symbolzes the foundng and hstorcal development of the college. Begun n 1877, the buldng s an expresson of the Hgh Vctoran Gothc style, executed n stone. Responsble for the desgn was the prestgous archtectural frm of Peabody and Stearns of Boston. " The buldng sts on the orgnal parcel donated by Major Henry McAlster, a drector of the Colorado Sprngs Company. Ths land s west across Cascade Avenue from the twenty acres set asde for a college n the orgnal plan for the town by Wllam Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Sprngs. Cutler Hall, known as "The College" untl 1889, housed the lbrary, classrooms, audtorum-chapel and a basement chemstry laboratory. It was called Palmer Hall from 1889 to Upon the completon n 1904 of Palmer Scence Buldng, Cutler Hall was renamed to honor an early benefactor of the college, Henry Cutler of North Wlbraham, Massachusetts, a frend of Colorado College presdent, Edward Payson Tenney. The buldng represents the New England connectons of the early hstory of Colorado College. Peabody and Stearns, who desgned the buldng, were also responsble for the desgn of several other Colorado Sprngs buldngs, ncludng 'the frst Antler's Hotel ( ) and for the remodelng of Palmer's frst Glen Eyre Manor CL ), n addton to numerous Boston landmarks such as the Exchange Buldng on State Street, the Custom House tower, Matthews Hall at Harvard Yard and mansons throughout New England. Cutler Hall was constructed by Joseph Dozer, an mportant early Colorado Sprngs bulder, for? 32, 000.

5 9. Major Bblographcal References Colorado Sprngs Gazette, December ^y, 18//. Holden,Wheaton. "Peabody Touch: Peabody & Stearns of Boston, 1870^1917," Journal of the Socety of Archtectural Hstorans (May 1973): Red, J. Juan. Colorado College; The Frst Century, Colorado Sprngs: Colorado College, Geographcal Data Acreage of nomnated property»09 acre Quadrangle name Colorado Sprngs UTM References * ,0 Zone Eastng North cl, 1 1 1, 1,, 1, El, 1 1 1, 1,, 1 1, Gl, 1 1 1, 1,, 1 1 ng MI. >,,1,, Verbal boundary descrpton and justfcaton Quadrangle scale B LJ lllr.1 I.'I I Zone Eastng Dl, 1,,, F, I 1, I,, H, I I 1, I,, North mg I I 1,, l:24nnn The nomnated area ncludes the land on whch the buldng sts (61' x 40') and a 15' border extendng from the exteror w^lls. Lst all states and countes for propertes overlappng state or county boundares state n/a code county code state code county code 1 1. Form Prepared By name/ttle Ed: GM & Rodd Wheaton Barbara L. Nelon, Curator, Spe< tal Collectons, Tut Lbrary/Barbara Norgren organzaton Colorado College /Preservaton C< msultant date 10/85 street & number Colorado College/7453 E. Je; "ferson Dr. telephone Ext. 668 cty or town Colorado Sprngs /Denver 12. State Hstorc Prese The evaluated sgnfcance of ths property wthn the sta es: natonal state XX local As the desgnated State Hstorc Preservaton Offcer for 665), I hereby nomnate ths property for ncluson n the accordng to the crtera and procedures set forth bu the ttle State Hstorc Preservaton Offcer For MM use only 1 hereby certfy that ths property s ncluded n the state Colorado 80903/80237 'vaton Offcer Certfcaton the Natonal Hstorc Preservaton Act of 1966 (Publc Law 89- Matonal Regster and certfy that t has been evaluated Natonal Park Servce*. f A^ I ^^. \ L\ \ &L State Hstorc Preservaton Offcer sgnature ^ - 1 \ ty-*+ /ft VLfl^^wJL^L ^fc^jl/ AV_* C/\ Natonal Regster jatg May 6, 1986 Keeper of the Natonal Regster Attest: Chef of Regstraton GPO O9 date date

6 Dl PARKING Q o } HONNEN ICE RINK RASTALL STUDENT CENTER Colorado College Theme Resource El. Paso County, Colorado Colorado College Campus Map Date: 1983 Scale: Unkown Cutler Hall crcled