demolished: Casey Middle School auditorium

1301 High Street/ Hobart D. Wagener architect/ Expressionist style/ built 1950?

This portion of the Casey Middle School has been demolished but it is included on the tour for the following reasons.

The addition of this new gymnasium was a cutting-edge and beautiful MCM industrial design. An abundance of dramatically-shaped clerestory windows on the roof provided shadowless light into a big space in an economical and environmental way.

In the 2010s, the school was completely remodeled to bring it up to current educational infrastructure standards, and the gym and adjacent library were torn down. Because the Boulder Valley School District is its own legal entity, it is independent of City of Boulder regulations regarding demolition or landmarking. The next school planned for demolition is the much larger, perhaps more historically significant Baseline Junior High school.