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• Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

• Title: Red Rocks Park, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Jefferson County, CO
• Other Title: Park of the Red Rocks
  Garden of the Angels
  Garden of the Titans
• Creator(s): Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
• Related Names:
     Cranmer, George Ernest
     Hoyt, Burnham
     Morse, Stanley Eaton
     Walker, John Brisben, Sr.
     Walker, Emily Strother
     DeBoer, Saco Rienk
     Bradford, Craig
     Vickery, Albion K., Jr.
     Stromberg, Al
     Benedict, Jules Jacques Benois
     Rosche, Wilbert Robin
     H.S. Crocker & Co.
     Crocker & Ryan Consulting Engineers
     Crocker, Herbert Samuel
     Mann, Earl J.
     Mayer, F. Kenneth
     Foehl, P. J.
     Keeling, Edward L.
     Mitchell, Kenneth Frederick
     Baker, Howard W.
     Aitkin, William H., Jr.
     U.S. Works Progress Administration
     City and County of Denver
     Sink Combs Dethlefs
     Wenk Associates Inc.
     Anderson Hallas Architects
     Jacobs Engineering
     Mundus Bishop Design
     Colorado Power, Water, Railway & Resort Co.
     Walker, Iris Calderhead
     Bear Creek Development Corporation
     Gray, John F.
     Eicholtz, Leonard H.
     Garden, Mary
     Denver Mountain Parks
     U.S. National Park Service
     Lyles, Kevin M. , historian
     Hammrich, Trevor W. , historian
     Valentine, Bobby , field team
     Lohr, Michael , field team
     Confluent Design , contractor
     U.S. National Park Service, Intermountain Regional Office, Heritage Partnerships Program , sponsor
     McPartland, Mary , transmitter
• Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 2000
• Medium: Data Page(s): 190
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
  
• Call Number: HALS CO-8
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Notes:
  • Significance: Red Rocks Park is the crown jewel of the Denver Mountain Parks system, listed as a contributing resource for the multiple property listing of the Denver Mountain Parks system on the National Register of Historic Places. The park's scenic loop roadway and Amphitheatre are premier examples of site-sensitive design for recreational development in the early twentieth century. The Amphitheatre was one of the largest, most complex projects built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Mount Morrison CCC Camp is one of the best preserved camps in the nation. The park remains a regional destination and contributes to the identity of the City and County of Denver. The Amphitheatre is a landmark venue for world class performances, drawing over one million visitors every year. The entire park was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2015.
  • Survey number: HALS CO-8
  • Building/structure dates: 1936-1942 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1870-1905 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1905-1928 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1928-1936 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1943 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 2001 Subsequent Work
  • National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000725, 15000620
• Subjects:
  • parks
  • amphitheaters
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • recreation
  • music
  • sedimentary rock
  • Colorado sandstone
  • New Deal
  • public works
  • visitors' centers
  • trails & paths
  • parking lots
  • stonework (sandstone)
  • geology
  • construction camps
  • work camps
  • park systems
  • fieldstone
  • public sculpture
  • pines
  • stone retaining walls
  • culverts
• Place:
  • Colorado--Jefferson County--Morrison
• Latitude/Longitude: 39.665578, -105.206856
• Collections:
  • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
• Part of: Historic American Landscapes Survey (Library of Congress)
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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Call Number: HALS CO-8
• Medium: Data Page(s): 190

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