List of Manitou Springs Historic District buildings

The List of Manitou Springs Historic District includes 80 buildings and resources in the historic district of Manitou Springs, Colorado.[1]

Name or title Image Type Street Street number Comment
Red CragsHigh-styleEl Paso Boulevard302Dr. William Abraham Bell ran Red Crags Sanatorium as a tuberculosis hospital. The building was constructed in 1889. Currently it is a bed and breakfast.[2]
Craftwood InnHigh-styleEl Paso Boulevard404Craftwood was first a coppersmith's workshop and later a restaurant, "attracting dignitaries and celebrities."[2]
Rockledge and OnaledgeHigh-styleEl Paso Boulevard328Rockledge, built in 1913, was the home of Edward Harrison Heath, a farm journal publisher. It is now a bed and breakfast, as is Onaledge, which was a Craftwood Association residence.[2]
Nolan HouseHigh-styleGrand Avenue2The home was built in 1890 for John Nolan who owned several saloons and a Cripple Creek gambling hall.[2]
Redstone CastleHigh-styleIron MountainOff of Pawnee, stands by itself at a high elevation, also called Crawford House.[1]
Miramont CastleHigh-styleCapitol Hill9The Queene Anne style buildings, with other European castle influences, was built for Father Francolon by the Gillis Brothers in 1895. It is now a museum.[1]
Public LibraryInstitutionalManitou Avenue701The library was built in 1911 with funding from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and is the first permanent library in the city.[2]
Hydro-Electric PlantInstitutionalRuxton540The 1905 building has a "modernistic and formal facade" of red brick. Its front is "dominated by two large arched windows with fanlights."[1]
Crystal Valley CemeteryInstitutionalPlainviewEndThe cemetery is located in southeastern Manitou Springs. At the entrance is a green sandstone building and stone walls. A notable structure is the Egyptian Revival mausoleum of the Richards family.[1]
First Ute PathInstitutionalShelf1872The 1872 Shelf Road was the first Ute Pass road that runs along Fountain Creek. A "remnant" of the road is located near U.S. Highway 24 and Serpentine Drive. It was built "to service suppliers to the mining camps beyond South Park."[1]
Congregational ChurchChurchPawnee101Built in 1880, the church is the oldest continuous use Congregational Church in Colorado.[2]
Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church		ChurchRuxton218"A Gothic and Shingle style small 'country' church - done in a simple, symmetrical style with a repeated front gable and entry motif. A greenstone rustic bridge leads across Ruxton Creek and a cobblestone

grotto and several walls surround the church."[1]

St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church		ChurchManitou Avenue808A chapel was built in 1880 and was originally located on Canon Avenue. In 1885 it was moved across Canon Avenue. Then in 1905 the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was built at Manitou and Canon Avenues.[2]
Yount's QuarryIndustrialHighway 24Below Rainbow Falls, west of town. Green sandstone from the quarry was used in the construction of buildings, porches, walls and foundations in Manitou Springs.[1]
Midland RailroadIndustrialBeginning 1887, Midland Railroad ran through Manitou Springs, crossed Ruxton Avenue near the Manitou Incline and then up Ute Pass. The railway contributed to the development of resorts along Ute Pass, but "never had great financial success." Investors included Jerome B. Wheeler, J. J. Hagerman, and Irving Howbert. Some reinforced embankments and tunnels remain, but the tracks have been removed.[1]
Manitou InclineIndustrialRuxtonThe incline was built in 1907 as a tourist attraction. Passengers reached the top of the incline via cable cars where they had access to a picnic area and refreshment facility. It was lighted at night during the summers.[1]
Cog RailroadIndustrialRuxton515The cog railway, built in 1891, continues to be a means of transportation up Pikes Peak. Memorial Park is home to one of the early engines.[1]
Barker HouseHotels and lodgingManitou Avenue819The original structure for the Barker House was built in 1872. In 1880 Charles Barker purchased the building and expanded it into a "large resort hotel". Barker House has not been a hotel for years and is a private, Residential Apartment building. [2]
Grand View HotelHotels and lodgingOsage935The hotel was built in the 1880s. It is a large frame building with wooden siding.[1]
Cliff HouseHotels and lodgingCanon306The Cliff House was built in 1874, has a reputation as the "finest hotel" in Manitou Springs and has lodged "numerous" famous individuals.[2]
Boarding HousesHotels and lodgingWinter Street442, 444The boarding houses are large square frame buildings.[1]
El Colorado LodgeHotels and lodgingManitou Avenue23Built in 1926, it was "a benchmark of motor-travel camps of the West."[2]
McLaughlin Family LodgeHotels and lodgingCrystal Park183Log or slab siding cabins surround a central lodge.[1]
Wheeler BankCommercialManitou Avenue717-719Built in 1888, it was Manitou Springs first bank. Its building was used as an opera house and a dry goods store.[2]
Leddy BlockCommercialManitou Avenue734The masonry building was built by the Gillis Brothers in 1891.[1]
Manitou SpaCommercialManitou Avenue934It is a historic building located along Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Once used as a mineral water bathhouse or spa, the building now used for stores and other businesses. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Iron Geyser and PavilionSpecial featuresRuxton AvenueJ. C. Hiestand drilled the geyser in 1910 that used to erupt every 30 minutes. Now, spring water is available from a fountain.[1]
Cheyenne Spring HouseSpecial featuresManitou Avenue934Around the turn of the 20th century, the spring was enclosed in the red sandstone spring house.[1]
Public StairwaySpecial featuresCapitol HillAt Capitol Hill and Iron Road
Wheeler ClockSpecial featuresManitou Avenue802To commemorate the opening of the Manitou Mineral Water Company, Jerome B. Wheeler, had the Wheeler Clock built in 1890. The goddess Hebe represents the purported youth-giving properties of Manitou Springs water, which used to flow from the sculpture.[4]
Rainbow FallsSpecial featuresSerpentine DriveNearFountain Creek, near U.S. Highway 24 and Serpentine Drive. In 1872 the old wagon road through Ute Pass started at Rainbow Falls, or Ute Pass Falls. In 1932 a new road was built that better accommodated automotive vehicles. The falls are now partially obscured by U.S. Highway 24. It is located in the Fountain Creek watershed drainage area, following Ute Pass (U.S. Highway 24) eastward from Woodland Park.[5]
Manitou Place stairwayStoneworkManitou Avenue900 blockStairway from the 900 block of Manitou Avenue to Manitou Place, roughly in the location of the Grand View Hotel.[1]
Residential stoneworkStoneworkWashington131Walls, stairway, porch piers, foundation and garage
Bridge over Fountain CreekStoneworkManitou Avenue502Bridge over Fountain Creek at the eastern edge of Memorial Park at Old Man's Trail. Prior to the construction of the stone "Bridge over Fountain Creek" over Old Man's Trail, there was a bridge constructed to deliver visitors to the Manitou House Hotel. The hotel, the first in Manitou Springs, was built by William Jackson Palmer and William Abraham Bell, who had founded the resort town.[6] (Note that another bridge near Manitou Springs bringing Business Route 24 over Fountain Creek is separately listed on the National Register.)
HouseHigh-styleSpencer201
HouseHigh-styleCanon408
HouseHigh-styleCapitol Hill153
HouseHigh-styleGrand Avenue32
HouseHigh-styleGrand Avenue26
HouseVictorianUnknown106Turret and shingles
HouseVictorianDuclo719Turret and shingles
HouseVictorianDeer Path112Center gable
HouseVictorianDuclo809Center gable
HouseVictorianCave125Chalet
HouseVictorianMohawk102Chalet
HouseVictorianCave103Five dormer gables
HouseVictorianDeer Path114One story with wrap-around porch
HouseVictorianOsage945L-shaped with horizontal wing and porch.
HouseVictorianDuclo813
HouseVictorianProspect959
HouseVictorianOsage923
HouseVictorianNavajo106
HouseVictorianGrand Avenue42
HouseVictorianGrand Avenue41
HouseVictorianRuxton151
HouseVictorianRuxton15
HouseVictorianMidland809
HouseVictorianDuclo803
HouseVictorianRuxton106
HouseVictorianWaltham106
HouseVictorianRuxton349
HouseCottageCapitol Hill110
HouseCottageCave121
HouseCottageCave109
HouseCottageRuxton622
HouseCottageOklahoma319
HouseCottageElk Path9
HouseCottageWashington301
HouseCabinDuncan107
HouseCabinModoc114
HouseCabinFairmont42
HouseCabinCrystal Park Road102
HouseCabinChelton Road191
HouseBungalowIron Road204
HouseBungalowWashington15
HouseBungalowLincoln48
HouseBungalowDuclo731
HouseBungalowProspect911

See also

Notes

  1. Victorian is Vernacular Victorian Frame

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Manitou Springs Historic District Nomination Form. History Colorado. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Manitou Springs Historic Plaque Tour" (PDF). City of Manitou Springs - Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Colorado. American Dreams. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Deborah Harrison (2012). Manitou Springs: Then & Now. Arcadia Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7385-9596-2.
  5. ↑ "Rainbow Falls Recreation Area Master Plan" (PDF). Thomas & Thomas for El Paso County Parks. March 9, 2011. pp. 4–10. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Historic Structures Assessment Report" (PDF). Atkinson-Nolan and Associates and the Collaborative, inc. for The City of Manitou Springs. p. 7. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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