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Camp George West Historic District

Coordinates: 39°44′12″N 105°10′20″W / 39.73667°N 105.17222°W / 39.73667; -105.17222
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Camp George West Historic District
Camp George West Historic District is located in Colorado
Camp George West Historic District
Camp George West Historic District is located in the United States
Camp George West Historic District
Nearest city15000 S. Golden Rd.,
Golden, Colorado
Coordinates39°44′12″N 105°10′20″W / 39.73667°N 105.17222°W / 39.73667; -105.17222
Built1903
ArchitectGeorge H. Merchant, Albert Bryan
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPSCamp George West MPS
NRHP reference No.92001865
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1993[1]

Camp George West Historic District or Camp George West (also known as State Rifle Range;5JF145) was a military base for the Colorado National Guard, located at 15000 S. Golden Rd., Golden, Colorado. It was used as a rifle range, while artillery practice took place on Green Mountain, on the north side of present-day Hayden Park near Lakewood, Colorado. The Department of Defense Military Munitions Response Program has financed investigations to identify unexploded ordnance there since 2012.[2]

Camp George West is now[when?] used as a correctional facility, police training academy, and emergency operations center. It contains an Ammunition Igloo, a bunker used for arms storage, and Colorado Amphitheater, both of which are vacant.

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993,[1] with the Ammunition Igloo and the Amphitheater listed separately.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Austin Briggs (July 29, 2015). "Old explosives still being found at Lakewood's Green Mountain park". Denver Post. Digital First Media. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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