Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Cliff House in Manitou Springs, Colorado is a Queen Anne style hotel in the Manitou Springs Historic District. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing.[2] The Cliff House at Pikes Peak is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[3]

Cliff House
Location306 Canon Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Coordinates38°51′34.77″N 104°55′2.56″W
NRHP reference No.80000897
Added to NRHP1980[1]
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs Historic District
First Congregational Church - Manitou Mineral Springs - Manitou Springs Bridges - Midland Railroad - Midland Railroad Roundhouse - Manitou Post Office - Wheeler Bank - See also Historic buildings list
Historic hotels, inns and lodging
Barker House - Briarhurst - Cliff House
Attractions
Cave of the Winds - Cliff Dwellings - Cog Railway - Miramont Castle - Pikes Peak - See also Manitou Springs Attractions
Events
Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon - Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - Pikes Peak Marathon - See also Manitou Springs Events
Schools
Manitou Springs School District 14 - Manitou Springs High School
Trails
Barr Trail - Manitou Incline
Other

History

Mr. Webster and Mr. Shurtleff, entrepreneurs from Canada, provided the investment to build Cliff House, the second largest hotel in Manitou Springs in 1874. It is located near the Soda and Navajo Springs. Before its addition, sometime after 1874, the hotel could serve up to 100 people.[4][nb 1]

The hotel, once a stagecoach stop, was visited by Clark Gable and Theodore Roosevelt.[6]

  • Navajo and Manitou springs, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. Cliff House is in the rightmost upper corner of the photograph.
  • Cliff House, Manitou Park, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views

Notes
  1. The first was Manitou House, which was built in 1872 on the present grounds of Memorial Park, near the present Seven Minute Springs.[5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Colorado. Archived June 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine American Dreams. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. "The Cliff House at Pikes Peak, a Historic Hotels of America member". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved January 28, 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Deborah Harrison (November 1, 2003). Manitou Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7385-2856-4. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  5. Deborah Harrison (November 1, 2003). Manitou Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7385-2856-4. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  6. Best of Colorado. Big Earth Publishing. 1 September 2002. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-56579-429-0. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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