Rocky Flats Plant, Stainless Steel & Non-Nuclear Components Manufacturing, Southeast corner of intersection of Cottonwood & Third Avenues, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considered of major importance in preventing Soviet nuclear attack. Building 460 was a non-nuclear manufacturing facility for the manufacture of stainless steel components. The building was designed to consolidate all non-nuclear manufacturing at the Plant into one facility...
Survey number: HAER CO-83-T
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000377