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Colorado's Historic Architecture & Engineering - Field Guide

The Field Guide is a reformatted, easily printable version of A Guide to Colorado’s Historic Architecture and Engineering, Second Edition (2003) providing information about Colorado’s architectural styles, forms, and types.

  • New print-your-own format allowing for greater flexibility and personalization.
  • For historical & architectural surveyors interested in identifying resources in the field.

Directions for assembling your copy of the Field Guide to Colorado’s Historic Architecture & Engineering

  1. Purchase a three-ring binder or other similar storage solution which allows for ease of adding new pages
  2. Choose between the two options listed below:

    • Option 1 - Order a Field Guide ‘Starter Kit’ (July 2008 version of the publication).  The cost is $15.00 and includes both printing and shipping.
    • Option 2 - Download and print a copy of the Field Guide 'Starter Kit' (29MB).
  3. Read The Camera & Clipboard newsletter (quarterly) to be aware of available additional entries.  Additional entries are also listed below.

Additional entries and updates

  • Central Passage Double-Pile Residence (added July 2010)
  • Beaux-Arts (added April 2010)
  • Cape Cod (added April 2010)
  • Lustron (added April 2010)
  • Googie (added January 2010)
  • Mediterranean Revival (added January 2010)
  • Swiss Chalet (added October 2009)
  • Materials: Territorial Adobe (added July 2009)
  • Moderne (added October 2008)
Updates
  • Table of Contents (last updated July 2010)
  • Lexicon (last updated July 2010)
  • Suggested Readings (last updated October 2008)

Contacts

Elizabeth Blackwell
Architectural Survey Coordinator
303-866-2851

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