The Union Colony Apartments housed "college employees and graduate students." The building was built before 1902 and acquired by Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado) in 1946. Previously known as the Lafayette Apartments. Soure:"College Purchases Apartment House," Mirror, Oct. 18, 1946, p. 1; Long Range Development Program. 1950. (RG15 S1 F1) "Union Colony Apartments to Go," Greeley Tribune, July 25, 1969, n.p. .