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One of 26 National Register listings published here for Arapahoe County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Commandant of Cadets Building, US Air Force Academy
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1016 Boston St., Aurora, 80230
- When was it listed? April 2007
- Category. building
- Census division. South Aurora
- National Register reference number. 07000340 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
922 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 922 fires within 5 miles of Commandant of Cadets Building, US Air Force Academy between 1996 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 34 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 758 |
| Smoking | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Fireworks | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Commandant of Cadets Building, US Air Force Academy: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H W Siddle Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Sand and Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jamaica Primary School | 0.8 miles | 2017 |
 | William Smith House | 1.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Gully Homestead | 3.9 miles | 1986 |
 | DeLaney Barn | 3.9 miles | 1989 |
| South Dahlia Lane | 4.9 miles | 2025 | |
 | David W. Brown House | 6.5 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000340 in Record Group 79. |
| Arapahoe County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.