Old Colorado City
Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, is a former town and a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.Photo: ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie Library and Van Briggle Pottery Company.
Old Colorado City Branch Carnegie Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Colorado City Library is a currently operating branch library of the Pikes Peak Library District. It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library that has been in continuous service as a library since opening December 7, 1904.
Van Briggle Pottery Company
Government office
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van Briggle Pottery Company is a government office, which is situated 2 miles east of Old Colorado City.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Colorado Springs. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Catholic Church. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 2 miles east of Old Colorado City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden of the Gods and Colorado Springs.
Garden of the Gods
Locality
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garden of the Gods is a 1,341.3-acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. 862 acres of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Garden of the Gods is situated 2 miles northwest of Old Colorado City.
Colorado Springs
Photo: mark byzewski, CC BY 2.0.
Colorado Springs is a city of about 490,000 in the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of El Paso County, the city lies 63 miles south of Denver at the foot of Pikes Peak in South Central Colorado.
Roswell
Suburb
Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. Roswell is situated 2½ miles northeast of Old Colorado City.
Old Colorado City
- Type: Suburb
- Description: historic district in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Categories: historic district, human settlement, and locality
- Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.84758° or 38° 50′ 51″ northLongitude
-104.86318° or 104° 51′ 47″ westOpen location code
85CQR4XP+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 11992913160OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7083750
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Haitian—“Old Colorado City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舊科羅拉多城”
- Haitian: “Old Colorado City, Kolorado”
- Haitian: “Old Colorado City”
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