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Built in 1888, it was Manitou Springs first bank. Its building was used as an opera house and a dry goods store. [2] Leddy Block: Commercial: Manitou Avenue: 734: The masonry building was built by the Gillis Brothers in 1891. [1] Manitou Spa: Commercial: Manitou Avenue: 934: It is a historic building located along Fountain Creek in Manitou ...
The town grew after 1881 with the creation of a railway spur that transported people from Colorado Springs to Manitou Springs. [13] Medical practitioners, such as Dr. Edwin Solly, promoted the health benefits of the "pure air" and sunny Rocky Mountain climate as the "world's best suited therapeutic environment" for the treatment of tuberculosis ...
Navajo and Manitou springs, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views Valley of springs where Ute came to hunt and use the mineral springs. The center of the photograph shows a "lone encampment" of Ute Native Americans, between 1874 and 1879.
Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located at the foot of Pikes Peak in western El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded for its natural mineral springs. The town was founded for its natural mineral springs.
Colorado Springs: 68: Old Colorado City Historic Commercial District: ... US Post Office-Manitou Springs Main. January 24, 1986 : 307 Canon Ave. Manitou Springs ...
Hand tinted photo of Garden of the Gods Trading Post, ca 1930, with Navajo and Pueblo Indians seated on porch. Strausenback died in 1957 and the trading post continued to be run by his widow Esther until 1979. [citation needed] At that time the trading post came under the proprietorship of T.A.T. Enterprises, which still owns the trading post.
Dr. Isaac Davis, an English physician, moved to Manitou Springs in 1874 and was one of the city's founders. He and his family homesteaded the land that Redstone Castle sits on. The father of 15 owned several businesses in town including a shoe store on Canon Avenue and a pharmacy.
First Congregational Church (also called the Community Congregational Church) is a historic church at 101 Pawnee Avenue in Manitou Springs, Colorado. [2] Completed in August 1880, it was the first church built in Manitou Springs and is the oldest continuously operated Congregational church in Colorado.