National and State Register

Colorado Chautauqua / Chautauqua Park

Boulder County

During the first part of the 20th century, Chautauquas served as a medium for the dissemination of popular culture. 

A view of the auditorium on green grass with the Flatirons in the background.

Colorado Chautauqua / Chautauqua Park

By 1900, after beginning with a group of tents in 1898, fifty cottages occupied the park.  The cottages remain virtually intact, and this is the only active Chautauqua located west of the Mississippi.

National Register

Address

Chautauqua Park, Boulder

Site Number

5BL.361

National Historic Landmark