Longmont College
Historic building in Longmont, Colorado
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Longmont College, also known as The Landmark, is a building in Longmont, Colorado that briefly housed the city's first college from 1886 to 1889.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Longmont College | |
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  Location within Colorado  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 546 Atwood Street Longmont, Colorado, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°10′08″N 105°05′45″W |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Frederick Albert Hale |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001285 [1] |
| CSRHP No. | 5BL.1153 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 12, 1987 |
| Designated CSRHP | August 12, 1987 |
The Presbyterian Synod of Colorado originally commissioned the design of a much larger building for the site to house what was to become Longmont Presbyterian College.[3] The south wing was built in 1886: a two-story brick building in the Italianate style.[4] Due to financial problems, this was the only wing completed, and the college closed after only three years, reopening as a preparatory school, Longmont Academy. The building later housed Longmont High School and a series of Catholic schools before being sold and subdivided into apartments during the post-World War II housing shortage.[3][4]
