The Fitzsimons Building houses the Chancellor’s Office, central services and administration, administrative offices for the University of Colorado School of Medicine, as well as the Child Health Associate/Physician’s Assistant Program, the University of Colorado Cancer Center, the Colorado School of Public Health, the Office of Communications and the Office of Advancement.
Located in the heart of the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, the historic Fitzsimons Building opened in 1941 under its original name, Building 500, just days before the tragic events of Pearl Harbor. In 1999, the Fitzsimons Building became listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Formerly the Fitzsimons Army Hospital, it served soldiers of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower recovered in a suite on the eighth floor for seven weeks following a heart attack he suffered during his presidency. A museum on the eighth floor marks his stay. The Fitzsimons Building is nine stories tall and approximately 450,000 square feet.