Pueblo Zoo (Pueblo, Colorado)

 park, zoo, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Pueblo, CO 81005-1234
(719) 561-9664

www.pueblozoo.org

The historic core of the Pueblo Zoo is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

- Built: 1933-1940
- Areas of significance: Politics/Government; Art; Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Entertainment/Recreation; Social History
- Area: 2.5 acres (historic core)
- Also known as: Pueblo Zoological Gardens
- Date added to NRHP: 7/28/1995
- Other designations: U.S. Historic District; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties

The 2.5-acre historic portion of the Pueblo Zoo was constructed by three New Deal-era depression-relief programs: the Public Works Administration, the Civil Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration. These programs provided work to unemployed people struggling to get by during the Great Depression.

NRHP #95000934