Blue Peaks Developmental Services, Inc. (Alamosa, Colorado)

 office building, Eclectic (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, non-profit organization, disability organization, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic former post office (currently occupied as the offices of a non-profit organization) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1935
Architect: U.S. Treasury Department
Alterations: rear addition
Architectural style: Eclectic: Art Deco, Mission Revival & Classical Revival influences
Areas of significance: Architecture; Politics/Government
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Alamosa Post Office (historic name)
Date added to NRHP: 7/22/2009
Other designations: listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This building originally served as Alamosa's post office. Its current occupant is Blue Peaks Developmental Services, a non-profit organization that provides support to area residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The building was constructed with assistance from the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that operated between 1935 and 1943. The program provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression.

bluepeaks.org/