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. 

The 1939 Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) Boxcar No. 60294 is a rare example of railroad rolling stock designed specifically to transport automobiles.  From 1941 to 1954 this boxcar was outfitted with special devices that allowed the shipping of automobiles.

The four story masonry building is located in the heart of the central business district.  Constructed in 1897 by Barber and Hastings, it is one of the few remaining commercial buildings dating from the boom period following the Cripple Creek gold strike.

Designed in the High Victorian Gothic style, by the Boston architectural firm of Peabody and Sterns, Cutler Hall was constructed between 1877 and 1880, with flanking wings added during 1881-1882.