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Colorado State Capitol Annex & Boiler Plant

Denver County

The Capitol Annex benefited from two Depression era Federal programs - the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration.  The former program provided part of the funding for this two building complex.

A picture of the building from the front with a larger building in the background.

Colorado State Capitol Annex & Boiler Plant 

Colorado artists from the Fine Arts Project of the WPA adorned the building with works of art.  The 1939-41 building is an important example of Art Deco architecture typical of Denver in the late 1930s.  Prominent Denver architect G. Meredith Musick served as president of the Associated Architects for the State Capitol Annex, the collaboration responsible for the design of both buildings.