Explore Boulder City with Our New Audio Tour

Discover the stories behind the streets! The Boulder City Hoover Dam Museum is proud to introduce our new audio tour, highlighting some of our community’s most significant historic landmarks and artwork. As you explore our uniquely founded town, these curated audio descriptions will guide you through the remarkable, rich heritage that shaped Boulder City culture. Grab your walking shoes, scan the codes, and let the past come to life at your own pace.

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Statement of Significance from the National Register of Historic Places:

The Boulder City Historic District is significant for its historic associations with the Boulder Canyon Project, the nation's first large-scale, multi-purpose reclamation effort, and the turning point for a new era in the history of Federal reclamation programs and policies. As a town created to house over 4,000 construction workers in the harsh Nevada desert, Boulder City was a significant part of the successful completion of Hoover Dam and the Boulder Canyon Project.

Constructed at the outset of the Great Depression, Boulder City was conceived by the Federal government as an ideal town, a model city, to which the American people could look for hope of a better future, and subsequently became the first federal effort to construct New Towns in American history. The Boulder City Historic District holds national significance for its role in the history of American City Planning as the first fully developed experiment in new town planning promoted by the Community Planning Movement, recognized as the force that most influenced contemporary community planning practices. The Boulder City Historic District is significant as well for its architectural integrity and ability to convey associations with the events and people that made direct contributions to the creation of the city plan, its construction and development, and its continued role as a permanent city and successful new town.

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