PPLD Digital Collections

Demolition of the Alta Vista Hotel on 118 North Cascade Avenue. Photograph taken from the back of building. A 955H Traxcavator Crawler Loader is in operation in the foreground. 1

Exterior side view of the brick building. 1

Exterior view of a brick home, once the residence of Anna and Mary Easley, located at 603 South Cascade Avenue. Photograph taken from a side street. 1

Exterior view of a one-story building with a rounded roof. Location identified as 4375 Bradley Road. 1

Exterior view of a row of white, three-story buildings. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

Exterior view of an office building. 1

Exterior view of building. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

Exterior view of the William B. “Catty” Clark house at 19 W. Boulder Street. A 1958 Chevrolet is parked in the driveway and a 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook is parked on street. 1

Exterior view of the building with damage visible from a second floor fire. Location identied as 201 Sierra Madre Street. 1

Exterior view of the building. 1

Exterior view of the building. A 1954 Plymouth and mid-1930s pickup truck are parked in the foreground. 1

Exterior view of the building. Identified as 30 East Platte Avenue. 1

Exterior view of the building. Location identified as 30 East Platte Avenue. 1

Exterior view of the building. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

Exterior view of the residence facing northwest located at the corner of Kiowa and Weber was razed in 1961. 1

Exterior view of the restaurant with an intersection in the foreground. Location identifed as 3 East Colorado Avenue. 1

Exterior view of white and grey buildings with a parking lot in the foreground. This later became the site of the Olympic Training Center. 1

Exterior view of white, three-story office buildings. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

Exterior view with a tower crane and other machinery visible. Identified as 1400 East Boulder Street. 1

Forge plant fire at Aircraft Mechanics. Location identified as 3200 North Nevada Avenue, next to Alexander Film Company. 1

Frame of the new Greyhound Bus terminal. 1

Front exterior view of a residence with cars (1951 Ford, 1954 Pontiac, 1951 Buick and 1955 Chevrolet) parked at the front of the building. Location identified as 404 North Tejon Street, on the northwest corner of Tejon Street and Boulder Street. 1

Front exterior view of the building. 1

Front exterior view of the building. Located at 20 East St. Vrain Street and 512 North Tejon Street. 1

Grand Opening of the Greyhound Bus terminal. The Joyce Hotel is visible in the background. 1

Grand opening of the Greyhound Bus Terminal at 229 East Pikes Peak Avenue. Identified second from left 1

Holly Sugar Building is in the mid-stages of construction. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine bearing 1966 Colorado license plates is parked in the foreground. Location is identified as being north of the Antlers Doubletree Hotel. 1

Identified from left to right 1

Interior view of the residence before it was moved to the museum at northwest Weber Street and Kiowa Street. A spinning wheel sits in front of a fireplace mantle near a wooden chest of drawers. 1

Interior view of the restaurant's dining room. Location is identified as 220 North Tejon Street. Ruth’s Oven closed permanently on Christmas Eve 1972. 1

Jim McCaffery, a St. Mary's graduate, stands on steps. 1

Located at 126 East Boulder Street. Both the old and the new parts of the church are visible. 1

Located at 19 and 21 East Boulder Street. This site later became a parking lot. 1

Located on Nevada Avenue and Kiowa Street. This site later became the city bus depot. 1

Located on southwest Cascade Avenue and Colorado Avenue. 1

Location identifed as 21 East Pikes Peak Avenue. Boarding up of the first floor of the Chief Theater indicates that preparations for the 1973 demolition of the building are underway. 1

Location identifed as 21 East Pikes Peak Avenue. Three dump trucks are lined up amid the demolition of the Chief Theater. View from back of building. The Mining Exchange building is visible in the background. 1

Location identified as 107 North Nevada Avenue. Russ Walcher, owner of the Pikes Peak Motel and the Poor Boy on South Nevada Avenue, walks up the staircase. 1

Location identified as 115 East Cache La Poudre Street. Originally Mowry's Creamery. 1

Location identified as 1614 South Nevada Avenue which appears to be an aging motel with numerous bungalows and cars parked throughout the area. This later became the location of Gray's Tire Company. A 1953 Pontiac is parked near one of the bungalows. 1

Location identified as 21 East Pikes Peak Avenue. Boarding up of the first floor of the Chief Theater indicates that preparations for the 1973 demolition of the building are underway. A 1962 Ford Galaxy is parked in the right foreground. 1

Location identified as 21 East Pikes Peak Avenue. The marquis indicates that the movie “Comanche” (released in March 1956) is showing at the theater. A 1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe is traveling past the camera in the foreground. 1

Location identified as 229 East Pikes Peak Avenue. Greyhound bus displaying Chicago as its destination is parked at the terminal. 1

Location identified as 316 North Tejon Street. A 1970 Chevelle automobile is parked in front. 1

Location is identified as 123 North Nevada Avenue.Signs on the building reads "A&A Music Co", “American Café”, “Printing Shop” and “Downtown Books and Comics.” The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was located on the second floor of the building. 1

Location is identified as 226 South Cascade Avenue. Photograph taken from the back of building through an iron fence. 1

Location is identified as 226 South Cascade Avenue. Photograph taken from the back of the building through the bars of an iron fence. 1

Location is identified as 420 North Cascade Avenue. 1

Location was 227-231 North Nevada Avenue. View of the back of the building which faced Nevada Avenue. 1

Looking north from Colorado Avenue behind the demolition of Giuseppe's and the Cotton Club which research indicates were located on the southwest corner of Cascade Ave and Colorado Avenue (Giuseppe’s at 122 S. Cascade and Cotton Club at 25 W. Colorado). 1

Marker reads 1

North side of Pikes Peak Avenue between Tejon Street and Nevada Avenue. The marquis of the Ute Theater indicates “The Slender Thread” starring Sidney Poitier and Ann Bancroft is showing. 1

Old Colorado Avenue bridge showing the stairway to the Rio Grande Railway Station. 1

Photograph on top identified as St. Francis Hospital in the 1960s. Photograph on bottom identified as St. Francis Hospital in the 1980s. Rephotography composite created by Special Collections. Photographs available individually by request. 1

Photograph on top identified as the YMCA building in the early 1970s. Photograph on bottom is identified as the YMCA building, built in 1973. Rephotography composite created by Special Collections. Photographs available individually by request. 1

Photograph taken before demolition. 1

Photograph taken before demolition. The photographer's 1951 Chevy is visible on the left bearing 1956 Colorado license plates. 1

Photograph taken from Cascade Avenue. 1

Photograph taken from the east side. 1

Photographer Jim McCaffery at alley door of the original Out West building located at 9-15 East Pikes Peak Avenue. 1

Rear exterior of the second Antlers Hotel (1901-1964). A 1964 Cadillac is visible in the parking lot, thus the 1964 circa date. 1

Rear exterior view of residence. Location identified as 19-21 East Boulder Street. 1

Rear exterior view of the building located at 3 East Colorado Avenue. What appears to be a 1976 Toyota Corona is parked under a U.S. Navy recruiting billboard featuring a hydrofoil. The Holly Sugar building appears in the distance on right. 1

Sign painted on back of the Holly Sugar building at the southeast corner of Tejon Street and Pikes Peak Avenue. Located at 107 East Pikes Peak Avenue. 1

Studio portrait of Helen McCaffery [1921-2017], wife of James McCaffery. 1

Studio portrait of Mr. James McCaffery [1897-1983]. He worked at the First National Bank in Colorado Springs for 47 years. 1

The clock was later relocated to the Pioneers Museum grounds. The Exchange National Bank which was located at the southwest corner of Tejon and Pikes Peak is visible in the background. 1

The location of the store is identified as 102 East Pikes Peak Avenue. The Busy Corner Rexall Drug Store was previously located here. A dump truck is backed up to the demolition site. 1

Two girls in similar dress hold plates of pancakes near a cook dressed in a white uniform. A crowd has gathered for a street breakfast before a rodeo parade. 1

Two girls standing on a staircase in the midst of a demolition near the 1400 block of South Tejon Street. 1

Two men in white uniforms make pancakes on a griddle for a street breakfast held before a rodeo parade. A crowd is visible in the background. 1

View looking south of a pond near Monument Street. 1

View near the Cascade Avenue bridge after a train wreck. Wreck occurred on August 23, 1970. Mangled railroad hopper cars loaded with coal are strewn along the tracks. Presented reversed. 1

View of a collapsed Cascade Avenue bridge after a train wreck. Men are standing near the wreckage. Mangled railroad hopper cars loaded with coal are strewn along the tracks. 1

View of a drained inground swimming pool. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

View of a partially demolished building. A Chas. Adams Excavating company crane is in the foreground. 1

View of a partially demolished structure. 1

View of a residence among trees and brush. East side of Hancock Avenue near cemetery. 1

View of a residence at 114 East Boulder Street after a fire. Composite created by Special Collections. Photographs available individually by request. 1

View of a three-story Victorian residence. The Potted Plant storefront is visible on the left. 1

View of an Antlers Hotel tower being demolished. 1

View of bridge with the steeple from St. Mary's Catholic Church visible in the background. 1

View of exterior side facing Cascade Avenue. 1

View of exterior sign over entrance. Location identified as 1400 East Boulder Street. 1

View of residence visible in the distance. 1

View of shanties located near America the Beautiful Park. 1

View of steel building frame. 1

View of the base with tire tracks in mud in the foreground. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

View of the brick building after a fire. The fire resulted in the demolition of Midland Railway Office building located near 21st Street and Cimarron Street. 1

View of the building's exterior and marquee. Location is identified as 120 South Cascade Avenue. Giuseppe's Pizza was located on the building's first floor. 1

View of the building's exterior facing Cascade Avenue. A 1955 Plymouth 2-door sedan is parked in the foreground. 1

View of the building's exterior. 1

View of the building's exterior. Location is identified as 10 West Boulder Street on the northwest corner of Cascade Avenue and Boulder Street. The site later became a parking lot for the Young Life Service Center. 1

View of the building's exterior. Location is identified as 200 South Cascade Avenue, site of the previous El Paso County Jail. 1

View of the building's front entrance. The location is identified as 920 North Cascade Avenue. 1

View of the buildings exterior on the northwest corner of Weber Street and Pikes Peak Avenue. 1

View of the courtyard taken before the construction of the building's addition. 1

View of the exterior of a home. The foundation of the home has been washed away. Location identified as a side street near Weber Avenue. 1

View of the gate on Dale Street before the building's 2008 addition. 1

View of the second Antlers Hotel (1901-1964) from the south side. A pile of debris is visible at the base of the building indicating demolition of the hotel is underway. 1

View of the street lit with holiday lights. Ruth's Oven and Albany Hotel are visible on right. 1

View of train cars that have left the tracks. Location of the wreck identified as being south of Fillmore Avenue. Mangled railroad hopper cars loaded with coal are strewn along the tracks. 1

View of white buildings behind chain-link and barbed wire fencing. This site later became the Olympic Training Center. 1

Windows on the second Antlers Hotel (1901-1964). 1

Workers remove train wreckage. Location of the wreck identified as being south of Fillmore Avenue. The Cascade Avenue bridge was later removed. Mangled railroad hopper cars loaded with coal are strewn along the tracks. Presented reversed. 1