(Old) Colorado Hall was built in 1920 after WSC President Samuel Quigley determined that inexpensive housing was needed. Colorado Hall was designed as a temporary building to address increased enrollment, providing dining facilities and living areas for 96 women students. -- Ref: Abbott Fay's "Mountain Academia", p. 54
"In 1932 when Chipeta Hall was completed the building was converted into a boys' dormitory...[in] 1937...it was cut into three pieces and moved a block north where it was reassembled..." -- Ref: top O' The World, March 21, 1939.
This photo is labeled "1930s"; the building was destroyed by fire in March 1939.
Probably Ouray Hall in the background.
Photo reverse notes: Colorado Hall - Western State College, 1930s - burned down - located just north of Boiler Plant where Ophir & Alpine Halls are.
