Roughly bounded by Nevada Hwy., Avenue L, Date, and 5th Sts., Boulder City, Nevada. County/parish: Clark.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 19, 1983. NRIS 83001107.
408 contributing buildings.
Boulder City Historic District, is Nevada's largest listing on the National Register of Historic Places with 514 buildings. Among the buildings, 408 constructions were built during the first 11 years (from 1931 to 1942). Between World War II and 1950, 66 buildings were built; the rest 40 were constructed after 1950.
Boulder City, Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. is situated by the Hoover Dam. The only reason for its existence was the requirement of housing the employees hired to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. At the time of construction of the Dam, Boulder City sheltered more than 4,000 employees in 1500 buildings from 1931 to 1935.
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