The 1890 church is architecturally significant as an early design by Walter F. Douglas, a locally prominent architect.  It is the last remaining, intact example of several churches that were constructed in Colorado City during the early 1890s.

The circa 1900 sprinkler wagon was an important aspect of city road maintenance, utilized to keep the dust down on the unpaved streets of Colorado Springs.

As the oldest operating cemetery in Colorado Springs, Evergreen is significant for its association with the social history of the area during the city’s early development. 

This vernacular church was built in 1903 using local stone and wood.  Although there is little distinguishing ornamentation, the building dominates its site and serves as a visual landmark on the west side of Colorado Springs.

El Pomar was the home of Spencer Penrose, a prominent Colorado Springs citizen, who used his mining fortune to establish such enterprises as the Broadmoor Hotel.  It is architecturally significant as an example of the Mission Revival style.

This imposing gray granite and ornamental concrete block building served as the center of El Paso County government and administration from its completion in 1903 until 1973.  

Located on the campus of Colorado College, Edgeplain is associated with Chester Alan Arthur II, who owned the house between 1901 and 1922.  The son of President Arthur, Alan and his wife purchased the house, remodeling and expanding it to accommodate their extensive calendar of dinners and parties.  Alan became deeply involved in the social life of the Pikes Peak region and Edgeplain became one of the outstanding meeting places of the social leaders from Colorado Springs and Denver.

The 1916 Dodge-Hamlin House is an excellent local representation of the Mission architectural style and its surrounding grounds are an intact residential landscape reflecting City Beautiful concepts.  Both the house and gardens are the work of master architect Nicolaas van den Arend. 

The circa 1907 house is as an excellent example of the Classic Cottage residential type in Colorado Springs.  It embodies the distinctive characteristics of this building type: an elongated hipped roof, a full-width front porch, classical column porch supports, a central hipped roof dormer, and windows with architrave lintel trim.

As a representative type of rolling stock that illustrated the railroad’s experimentation in damage prevention equipment, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boxcar No. 64084 was innovative for the time with nailable steel flooring.