National and State Register

Norlin Quadrangle Historic District

Boulder County

The district is comprised of twelve buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado.  

A view of a red-bricked hip-roofed building on the quad.

Norlin Quadrangle Historic District (Woodruff Women's Study Cottage pictured.)

The buildings, constructed on land donated in 1872 by six leading Boulder residents, reflect a deliberate variety of architectural styles.