Colorado Springs City Hall - Colorado Springs, CO
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condor1
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The Springs City Hall is located on the corner of N. Nevada Ave and E. Kiowa St. in central Colorado Springs. Building - #02000075 /
Also known as 5EP652
Waymark Code: WM7TWV
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2009
Views: 10
It is City Hall and the center of city government, but the building is dwarfed by its neighbour accross the street (Also on the NRHP), the massive US Post Office and Federal Courthouse.
Oh, well just because it made it on the NRHP, doesn't mean it has to big.
Construction of this building started in 1902 and was completed in 1904. The land for the building was donated by W. S. Stratton, an early benefactor for Colorado Springs.
The building is plain at 1st glance, then you start to notice the solid walls of granite blocks and the buttress type stairs leading to the entrances. The lower portion is comprised of 6 rows of rough-hewn blocks and the upper 2 stories are crisp cut.
One very interesting thing are the many different styles of window casements. I saw 6 very different styles. The 6 fluted columns which frame the 2 entrances are crowned with sculpted scrolls which lend an air of romanesque flavor to this kind of plain structure. The NRHP calls it Classical Revival.
Street address:
107 N. NEVADA AVENUE
Colorado Springs, CO United States
80903
County / Borough / Parish: El Paso
Year listed: 2002
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Government
Current function: Government
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 8:30 AM To: 4:30 AM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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