EL PASO COUNTY
Maytag Aircraft Building
701 S. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs
Described as a “tidy form-meets-function design” and a “little masterpiece of
local modernity,” the building, designed by local architects Dietz Lusk and
James Wallace, is an important example of Modernism in Colorado Springs. The
building is distinguished by its folded plate roof, cantilevered walls of
glazed turquoise brick, and an integral exterior courtyard. Constructed in
1957 as offices for a specialized aircraft business, the exposed aluminum
trusses in the roof system were designed to imitate aircraft wings. Only a
handful of office buildings were built in downtown Colorado Springs during
the early post-World War II era, and the Maytag building stands out not only
for its unusual design, but also because of its cutting-edge materials.
(2005 photograph)
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OTERO COUNTY
Rocky Ford Post Office
401 N. 9th St., Rocky Ford
A project of the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Rocky
Ford Post Office is associated with President Franklin Roosevelt’s
New Deal legislative agenda. The federal government used the
construction of new post offices to aid the economy through expenditures
for materials and construction crews. The only PWA project in Rocky Ford,
it provided the town with its first purpose-built post office. Designed
by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Supervising Architect
under the direction of Louis A. Simon, the Neo-classically-inspired
building is simple and restrained. It has been the only post office in
Rocky Ford since it opened in 1936. The property is associated with the
New Deal Resources on
Colorado’s Eastern Plains Multiple Property Submission.
(1983 photograph)
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