Old Colorado City | |
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 Old Colorado City Business District | |
  Old Colorado City Location within El Paso County and Colorado Springs (highlighted in red) | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′53″N 104°51′51″W / 38.84806°N 104.86417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | El Paso |
| City | Colorado Springs |
| Incorporated (town) | August 11, 1859[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Old Colorado City Historic Commercial District | |
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| Location | N side of Colorado Ave. from 24th St., W to 2611 Colorado Ave., also includes 115 S. 26 St. and 2418 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Western Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001018[2] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 1982 |
Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, was once a town, but it is now a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2][3] It was founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859 and was involved in the mining industry, both as a supply hub and as a gold ore processing center beginning in the 1890s. Residents of Colorado City worked at some of the 50 coal mines of the Colorado Springs area. It was briefly the capital of the Colorado Territory. For many years, Colorado Springs prohibited the use of alcohol within its border due to the lifestyle of Colorado City's opium dens, bordellos, and saloons. It is now a tourist area, with boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants.
- ^ LaDonna Gunn. "Founding of Colorado City (1859)". Archived from the original on April 27, 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2007.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Colorado. Fodor's Travel Publications. April 1, 2008. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-4000-1909-0.