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Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located at the foot of Pikes Peak in western El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded for its natural mineral springs. The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, particularly in the summer, with many shops and restaurants, as well as a creekside city park.
Today, 5 acres (20,000 m 2) of the original Briarhurst estate is a restaurant and event venue. The restaurant seats over 400 guests and features Colorado cuisine. About 2 acres of the old estate is used for a large warehouse building and the Blue Skies Inn Bed and Breakfast utilizing the original 1873 carriage house and 4 other buildings.
The town grew after 1881 with the creation of a railway spur that transported people from Colorado Springs to Manitou Springs. [13] Medical practitioners, such as Dr. Edwin Solly, promoted the health benefits of the "pure air" and sunny Rocky Mountain climate as the "world's best suited therapeutic environment" for the treatment of tuberculosis ...
Down home restaurant Bob Evans is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving for dine-in and takeout meals, including breakfast. andipantz/istockphoto Restaurants That May Be Open
Built in 1888, it was Manitou Springs first bank. Its building was used as an opera house and a dry goods store. [2] Leddy Block: Commercial: Manitou Avenue: 734: The masonry building was built by the Gillis Brothers in 1891. [1] Manitou Spa: Commercial: Manitou Avenue: 934: It is a historic building located along Fountain Creek in Manitou ...
Manitou Bathhouse or Manitou Spa is a historic building located along Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs, Colorado.It was once used as a mineral water bathhouse or spa, but now progressed into business establishments in the first floor and residential units on the second and third floors.
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]
The Ancestral Puebloans lived and travelled the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Ancestral Puebloan peoples did not permanently live in the Manitou Springs area, but lived and built their cliff dwellings in the Four Corners area and across the Northern Rio Grande, several hundred miles southwest of Manitou Springs.