Barker House (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Barker House

Barker House, also known as The Navajo Apartment Hotel
Location 819 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 38°51′28″N 104°55′0″W / 38.85778°N 104.91667°W / 38.85778; -104.91667Coordinates: 38°51′28″N 104°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 is a historic hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado in the Manitou Springs Historic District. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing.[2]

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 and schoolteacher.[3][nb 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Manitou House was the first large hotel, built in 1872 on the present grounds of Memorial Park, near the present Seven Minute Springs.[4]

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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