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Barn at Deaf & Blind School

Endangered Places Barn at Deaf & Blind School North Hancock Avenue (between High St.and Pikes Peak Ave.) Circa: 1900 Endangered Places Barn at Deaf & Blind School North Hancock Avenue (between High St.and Pikes Peak Ave.) Circa: 1900 Endangered Places Barn at Deaf & Blind School North Hancock Avenue (between High St.and Pikes Peak Ave.)…

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Black Squirrel Creek Bridge

Endangered Places Black Squirrel Creek Bridge U. S. Route 24, Circa: 1902 The Black Squirrel Creek Bridge is a Parker truss bridge in eastern El Paso County, Colorado. The bridge carries U.S. Route 24 across Black Squirrel Creek at the highway’s milepost 327.33. Listed on the National Register in 2002 Endangered Places Black…

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Chadborne Gospel Mission

Endangered Places Chadborne Gospel Mission 402 Conejos Street Circa: 1910 The Mission is significant for its association with the Hispanic neighborhood that once flourished during the early 20th Century. Originally a small grocery and residence, built sometime during the 1910’s and serving many Jewish and Scandinavian families, it was transformed into a mission and…

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Cheyenne Cañon Park

Endangered Places Cheyenne Cañon Park Cheyenne Cañon Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson As I looked up from the ford to the mouth of the canyon, I was reminded of some of the grand old altar-pieces of the early centuries, where, lest the pictures of saints and angels and divine beings…

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City Utilities Building

Endangered Places City Utilities Building 18-20 S. Nevada Ave. Circa: 1931 Constructed in 1931, designed to be fireproof, the building was constructed solely from utility revenues. Generally considered the outstanding example of Art Deco in the downtown, the building is clad in polychronmatic terra cotta. Designed by local architect, Thomas Hertherington who also partnered…

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Clark Mellen Terrace Apartments

Endangered Places Clark Mellen Terrace Apartments 218 E. Fountain Blvd. Circa: 1900 Developed by General Palmer’s brother-in-law, known locally as the String of Pearls. Currently operated as affordable housing. Finest example of terraced row housing in the state. Home to many teachers at Lowell School. Endangered Places Clark Mellen Terrace Apartments 218 E. Fountain…

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Colorado Springs City Auditorium

Endangered Places Colorado Springs City Auditorium Kiowa & Weber Circa: 1923 The Colorado Springs City Auditorium, designed by leading architect, Thomas MacLaren, in the Classical Revival style, was completed in 1923 At risk of being placed in perpetual shade if adjacent developers are allowed to build beyond the limits of the Downtown Plan. Endangered…

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Cottonwood Creek Bridge

Endangered Places Cottonwood Creek Bridge Vincent Dr. over Cottonwood Creek Circa: 1923 Completed in 1923, this cantilevered, concrete deck, girder bridge was an integral part of the North-South Highway, a main artery through Colorado during the early decades of the 20th century. Comprised of four 53-foot spans, it is one of four remaining concrete…

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Cragmor Village

Endangered Places Cragmor Village North End Circa: 1900s Cragmor Village, a delightful collection of bungalows designed for physicians and patients of the Cragmor Sanatorium. Mature landscaping and stunning views of the City of Colorado Springs and associated with the important sanatoria era of the development of Colorado Springs. Threatened by expansion plans of UCCS.…

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Evans Bridge

Endangered Places Evans Bridge Cheyenne Canon Circa: 1925 Evans Bridge was built in 1925. It was recently replaced by modern replacement. Endangered Places Evans Bridge Cheyenne Canon Circa: 1925 Evans Bridge was built in 1925. It was recently replaced by modern replacement. Endangered Places Evans Bridge Cheyenne Canon Circa: 1925 Evans Bridge…

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