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Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center

Jefferson County

The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history.  Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the building is believed to be one of the first of eight first generation nuclear fallout shelters operated by the Office of Civil Defense. 

A black and white photo of an entrance entering into the ground in a hill and some buildings in the background.

Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center

In service as the Region 6 Operations Center until 1969, the partially buried Quonset Hut appears as an elongated rectangular earthen mound.

National Register

Address

Denver Federal Center, W. Alameda Ave. and S. Kipling St., Lakewood

Site Number

5JF.1048.13