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Jefferson County Human Services Center

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1990, C. W. Fentress, J. H. Bradburn and Associates. 900 Jefferson County Pkwy.

The circular wings of this 132,000-squarefoot semicoliseum reach out to visitors because, as architect C. W. Fentress put it, “we wanted people who are having a difficult time in life to feel welcomed by it.” The $60 million, four-story complex of brick and glass houses two dozen once-scattered social service agencies. A two-story solarium inside provides circulation and views of a colonnaded, landscaped plaza. Polished maroon granite bands are cut and shaped to complement the golden brick on the exterior, which borrows its color from the grasses of the surrounding foothills.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Jefferson County Human Services Center", [Golden, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-JF18.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 155-155.

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