Currigan Exhibition Hall
Year Listed: 2000
County: Denver County
Status: LOST
Context: Commercial
Date Constructed: 1969
Significance:
Currigan Exhibition Hall long stood as one of Denver's precedent-setting works of modern architecture. Upon its completion in 1969, Currigan boasted 100,000 square feet of column-free exhibition space, was the world's largest rigid space frame and was one of the largest uses of weathering steel (CorTen) on a public building. It received worldwide recognition as the prototype for exhibition halls and airline hangars around the world.
Threat When Listed:
Demolition for the expansion of the convention center in Denver; considered too new by many to be ‘historic’.
Since Listing: To make way for expansion of Denver’s convention center, the hall’s demolition was completed in 2002.