Barker House (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

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Location 819 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 38°51′28″N104°55′0″W / 38.85778°N 104.91667°W / 38.85778; -104.91667 Coordinates: 38°51′28″N104°55′0″W / 38.85778°N 104.91667°W / 38.85778; -104.91667
Architectural style Victorian
NRHP reference # 79000604
Added to NRHP 1979 [1]

Barker House was once a hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado in the Manitou Springs Historic District. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing. [2]

Manitou Springs, Colorado Home Rule Municipality in Colorado, United States

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History

Charles Barker bought Pine Cottage in 1881 and built an extension and expanded it to the "Barker House". Barker was previously a manager and Manitou House schoolteacher. The Barker House is now a private, residential building, with 48 units. [3] [nb 1]

Notes

  1. Manitou House was the first large hotel, built in 1872, across from Shoshone Springs. [4]

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References

  1. National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Colorado. American Dreams. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. Deborah Harrison (1 November 2003). Manitou Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 19. ISBN   978-0-7385-2856-4 . Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. Deborah Harrison (November 1, 2003). Manitou Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. ISBN   978-0-7385-2856-4 . Retrieved May 4, 2013.

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