Colorado STEM Academy (Westminster, Colorado) | school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, elementary school, Art Deco (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

 school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, elementary school, Art Deco (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic school building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1929
Alterations: 1939 gym & classroom addition
Architectural style: Art Deco
Areas of significance: Community Planning and Development; Education; Politics/Government
Area: 1.4 acres
Also known as: Union High School (historic name); Westminster Junior High School; Alternative Center for Education
Date added to NRHP: 1/14/2000
Other designations: part of the Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This building originally served as Westminster's first high school, a status it held until 1949. Today it makes up part of the campus of the Colorado STEM Academy, an elementary-level school focusing on science and technology. The 1939 addition to the original building was constructed with assistance from the Public Works Administration (PWA), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1944. The program provided work in the form of construction projects for unemployed men during the Great Depression.

www.westminsterpublicschools.org/costemacademy