National and State Register

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

El Paso County

The Center, built in 1936, was designed by John Gaw Meem.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Photo by Phillip Spears.

Its design is a blend of the regional Santa Fe style and modernism.  The founder of the Fine Arts Center was Alice Bemis Taylor, an important local philanthropist.

Restoration work was conducted with the aid of a State Historical Fund grant.