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The Alamo Hotel is a building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] The hotel was constructed in 1886 and then renovated in 1890 and 1899, and served as a traveling stop for ordinary travelers and salesmen. [ 3 ]
Garfield School (330 East Willamette Street): Built in 1886, this building showcases the educational and architectural priorities of early Colorado Springs. Victory Chapel (403 North Weber Street) : A distinctive Greek-cross design sets this chapel apart as a historic and architectural landmark.
Ghosts of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-61423-615-3. Wendler Lovell, Jennifer; Robert D. Loevy (May 14, 2011). Exploring the Old North End Neighborhood of Colorado Springs: A Guide to Its History and Architecture. Old North End Neighborhood (ONEN). ISBN 978-0-615-44430-7.
Colorado Springs grew by 164% when 11,140 people settled in the town between 1880 and 1890. [52] After the Cripple Creek gold discovery in 1891, the people who made a fortune from the gold rush and industry built large houses on Wood Avenue, then in the undeveloped downtown area of Colorado Springs.
David DeGraff, a California gold rush miner, had the building constructed in 1897. It was designed by Barber and Hastings, who also designed the 1890-1891 renovations to the El Paso Club on 30 Platte Avenue.
Broadmoor was one of five Colorado Springs suburbs annexed into Colorado Springs in 1980. The others were Ivywild, Skyway, Cheyenne Canon, and Stratton Meadows. The annexation added 6.5 square miles (17 km 2) and 20,000 people to the city's total area and population. The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the annexation in 1982. [13]
Giddings Building is a four-story building in downtown Colorado Springs. When it was built in 1898, it was the tallest building in Colorado Springs. It used was a department store owned by the Giddings family until 1950. [1] It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since April 21, 1983.
Pike National Forest is the western portion of Cheyenne Mountain and much of the rest of the Pikes Peak mountainous area. Colorado Springs is 70 miles south of Denver, which has the largest population of any city in Colorado. Colorado Springs has the largest area of any city in the state, with 194.87 square miles (504.7 km 2) in 2013. [6]