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Fort Morgan Power Plant

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1923, George Cox. Riverside Park (NR)
  • Fort Morgan Power Plant (Tom Noel)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)

The original municipal power plant and its huge black stack, built next to City Hall, were an eyesore, so city superintendent George Cox, a civil engineer, designed this state-of-the-art plant in a park setting. Cox sheathed his concrete post-and-beam structure with curtain walls of red and buff brick and a Tudor arch entry. Stone-capped pediments and pilasters with inset terracotta diamonds add Art Deco stylishness to a handsome facade. The building has a matching stepped rear addition, also designed by Cox. Many generous, symmetrically placed steel windows amplify the plant's light, open modernity. Since being replaced in 1952, it has been used as maintenance, storage, and offices by the Fort Morgan Parks Department. The well-preserved and landscaped plant is at the entrance of a large park located between I-76 and the South Platte River at the Rainbow Arch Bridge.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

Rainbow Arch Bridge
Fort Morgan Library and Fort Morgan History Museum
Warner House
Bloedorn House
Post Office

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Fort Morgan Power Plant", [Fort Morgan, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-MR09.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 253-253.

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