Campus Buildings
- Did you know the University Theatre originally housed the Buckingham Library? When it opened in 1904, the library had 30,000 books.
- Once upon a time, the Koenig Alumni Center was the President's House.
- In the last 20 years, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has developed 29 buildings and additions totaling nearly 4 million square feet.
- Woodbury served as a temporary hospital during the 1918 influenza epidemic before being converted to the business school in the 1920s.
- The stadium, originally called Colorado Stadium, was renamed Folsom Field after legendary CU football coach and law professor Frederick Folsom in 1944.
- Once Upon a Time: Temporary Building No. 1 was originally designed as a teaching hospital for CU’s medical school and also served as an infirmary. During the 1918 Influenza epidemic, hospital staff provided care to the campus community and citizens of Boulder County.
- When it opened, Old Main included living quarters for the president and his family, plus classrooms, a library, laboratories and rooms for the building custodian and his family.