Ault in Weld County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Ault High School

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

1. Ault High School Marker

Inscription.
This property has been placed on the State Register of Historic Properties by the Colorado Historical Society

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 40° 34.91′ N, 104° 44.167′ W. Marker is in Ault, Colorado, in Weld County. It is on Graefe Avenue just south of 1st Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker mounted directly on east/front facade of the school building, on the right side of the front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 208 1st Street, Ault CO 80610, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and on the Great Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pvt Joe P. Martinez (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ault Centennial (about 300 feet away); Liberty Park (about 300 feet away); Weld County Irrigation / Ault Country (approx. ¼ mile away); Pierce, Colorado (approx. 3.9 miles away); Benjamin Harrison Eaton (approx. 4.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away); The Denver Pacific Railway (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ault.

Regarding Ault High School. Colorado State Register of Historic Properties № 5WL.2772. Today the building is home to Highland Middle

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School.

From the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties:
Built in 1921, Ault High School served as the community’s only high school from 1921 until 1976, and then as a junior high school until 1992. The building is an important example of the work of prominent regional architect, Sidney G. Frazier.

Also see . . .
1. Historic Ault High School (History Colorado).

Excerpt: Constructed in 1921, the building is a prominent visual landmark in Ault and is listed in the State Register of Historic Properties. After serving as the high school until 1976, and then as a junior high school until 1992, the building sat vacant until the mid-1990s, when the Board of Education considered demolishing it. However, community opposition and a growing student population led the Board to decide to restore the building and return it to use as a school.
In 1999, A+E Design Associates completed an SHF-funded Historic Structure Assessment and Preservation Plan that became the basis for four additional grants from the State Historical Fund. Work included upgrading mechanical, electrical, and data systems with new wiring and cabling concealed behind baseboards or carefully channeled into existing plaster that was then repaired to original appearance. Floor,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

2. Ault High School Marker
The marker is mounted at eye-level on the right side of the front entrance.
wall, and ceiling finishes were repaired and restored as were the corridors, classrooms, built in fixtures and casework, and the main entry doors.
Thanks to the community’s commitment, grants from the Colorado Department of Education and the State Historical Fund, and the efforts of former Superintendent Dennis Scheer, the entire project team, and current Superintendent Robert Ring, historic Ault High School is ready to welcome a new generation of Ault students.

(Submitted on November 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Sidney G. Frazier, Architect (History Colorado).

Excerpt: Sidney G. Frazier was born in Denver in 1899. He graduated from Regis College before receiving his architectural training at Columbia University. Frazier designed over 250 buildings in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah and Washington. He specialized in schools and college buildings. In addition to the Chemistry Building at Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University), he designed forty-five schools throughout northern Colorado.

(Submitted on November 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Ault High School (<i>east/front elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

3. Ault High School (east/front elevation)

Ault High School Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

4. Ault High School Cornerstone

(mounted on left side of front entrance staircase)
School District No. 34
— Directors —
G. N. Page, President
C. A. Brayton, Secretary
J. R. McCall, Treasurer

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

5. Ault High School Cornerstone

(mounted on right side of front entrance staircase)
Sidney G. Frazier, Architect
Denver and Greeley, Colorado

Ault High School (<i>northeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 31, 2022

6. Ault High School (northeast elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.