Longmont College

Historic building in Longmont, Colorado

United States historic place

Significant dates

Longmont College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties


40°10′08″N 105°05′45″W / 40.16889°N 105.09583°W / 40.16889; -105.09583
Built	1886
Architect	Frederick Albert Hale
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	87001285 ^[1]
CSRHP No.	5BL.1153
Added to NRHP	August 12, 1987
Designated CSRHP	August 12, 1987

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.

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]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Boulder County Listings". History Colorado. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Longmont Presbyterian College". City of Longmont. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP Registration Form: Longmont College". June 29, 1987. Retrieved July 22, 2014.