September 19, 2011

Milestones Icon: Boulder County Courthouse

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Boulder County’s Courthouse at 1325 Pearl St. looks quite futuristic for a city that was founded in 1859.

In reality, it had two predecessors. The city’s first courthouse in 1867 was a small brick building at 1018 Pearl St., where the Camera building stands today.

In 1882 the county built a better courthouse building, where the current courthouse stands today. The Victorian-style building with mansard roofs was considered elaborate for a small pioneer town.

In 1932 a fire in the clock tower of the courthouse destroyed the building. There was debate at the time to move the county seat and courthouse to Longmont,…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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