Colorado became a state in 1876, the same year the University of Colorado Boulder was founded for 15 college students plus high schoolers. The following year, the first campus building was finished on a former cattle pasture. Architect E. H. Dimick was responsible for the Collegiate Gothic design of Old Main. This iconic building is listed by the U. S. National Register of Historic Places and is the centerpiece of the Norlin Quadrangle Historic District. Also called the Old Main Chapel, it now houses the dean, the College of Arts and Sciences and the CU Heritage Center. This is the university’s history museum.
