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In 1919, CU was a small university of about 1,500 students. The University's presidents and regents had big dreams for expanding the campus. President Livingston Farrand and his successor George Norlin hired architect Charles Z. Klauder to prepare a master plan and begin to build the CU of the future.

Charles Klauder (1872-1938) joined the architectural firm of Frank Miles Day and Brother in 1900. The firm, later called Day and Klauder, specialized in college architecture. They designed buildings for Princeton, Wellesley, Cornell, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania. One of Klauder's best known buildings is the "Cathedral of Learning" at the University of Pittsburgh.

Eventually, Klauder's work at CU would include all the important elements of a university: a library, dormitories, science laboratories, gymnasiums, classroom buildings, a museum, and open courtyards.

Visitors to the Heritage Center's Klauder Architectural Gallery can view a large model of the CU campus as Klauder envisioned it; as well as drawings, maps and photographs of the buildings which embody the campus's distinctive look.

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