Promoting Historic Preservation & the Arts in Historic Boulder City
Boulder City History and Arts Foundation
Free Community Christmas Dinner
Come join us on Dec 25th for a Community Christmas Day dinner. We will serve a traditional Turkey and Ham dinner and more!
This dinner will be fun with lots of friendly folks and its FREE!
We have a very special guest that will come and entertain you with Christmas songs.
Tell your friends, tell your family, tell everybody!
If you would like to be a volunteer and or bring a dish call (702)4616842.
If you would like to donate to this event please contact us.
Please share the flyer with anyone who might enjoy attending and on local social media.
Location is 1204 Sixth Street
Noon-2:30pm
Boulder City has a new Historic Preservation Ordinance!
Important Update! The City Council voted in a 3-2 vote to pass the ordinance, we did it!
Congratulations and thank you for your support for preserving Boulder City.
Gun Crazy a Historic Murder Mystery 2019
In 2019 we wrote our very own historic play called Gun Crazy. The play was based on the true story of Boulder City's first murder which occurred on Ash street. We had 17 performances of the play and people are still crying out for more, we intend to perform the play again and therefore we will not give away the plot:)
Gun Crazy A Historic Murder Mystery Play
Detective Romano leads a group of would-be historic sleuths to interrogate the suspects.
Historic Water Filtration Plant Tour 2023, April 13th 9:30am
Historic Preservation Day -Tour of the Water Filtration Plant
Update there will be a tour as part of Historic Preservation Day 2023 on May 13th, 9:30am -12:30 pm
Each year in May the Historic Preservation Committee of Boulder City plans and organizes Preservation Day activities. As a sponsor of this great event each year we give tours of the Historic Water Filtration Plant which includes describing to the public how the plant operated, describing the process of how the water was pumped up to Boulder City from the Colorado River and how it was then treated to provide life-sustaining crystal clear water for the Dam workers and their families.
You can view a video of the tour and lecture by Ray White in our video section below.
Since the Old Hospital was demolished in 2015 we have focused heavily on advocating for the filtration plant's future, determined to see that it be fully restored and available for future generations to enjoy its rich and interesting history.
In 2018 our foundation received a very generous donation from a local resident who was inspired by our efforts to restore the plant which resulted in the entire roof being beautifully restored at no cost to the city. Since that time the property has been re-zoned as a government park and the city has applied for a substantial grant which would restore the whole exterior of the building including the original casement windows, masonry and the abatement of lead paint, etc.
As a condition of receiving this grant the plant would have to be designated as a Cultural Center and be available for the public to enjoy. It is not difficult to imagine many appropriate uses for the building, including educational programs for school children, etc.
Without our advocacy, this would not have been possible, in the not too distant past the building almost fell into the hands of developers which would have resulted in the loss of incredibly important historic artifacts and integrity.
We count on public support and residents voicing their support for historic preservation to our City council. We encourage you to voice support for the Proposed Historic Preservation Ordinance which incidentally is the official
"Model Historic Preservation Code" for the State of Nevada and similar to many historic town ordinances across the country. We anticipate that the city council will be discussing and voting on whether or not to implement this new code as soon as September 2022, so there's not much time left for you to contact our City Council members and voice your support. The new code would provide the much-needed basic protections to prevent more demolitions of our historic gems such as the Old Hospital which was carelessly demolished in 2015 by one of our town's own Planning Commission members which outraged the community at the time. Howeve, because there are no enforceable regulations to prevent such senseless demolitions of our historic resources the demolition was allowed to proceed.
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