Glen Eyrie - home of founder of Colorado Springs
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ronjean
N 38° 53.500 W 104° 53.127
13S E 509934 N 4304761
Built to please his wife, General Palmer used European materials to build this on the northwest edge of Colorado Springs
Waymark Code: WM4YXR
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
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General William Jackson Palmer began building Glen Eyrie, converting an existing house into this castle in 1904. It had electricity and telephones, some of the first in the west. Now owned by a Christian organization, there are conferences, weddings, as well as public teas.