A nearly 100-year-old church in downtown Colorado Springs is heading for the market.
Members of the First Christian Church, located at 16 E. Platte Avenue, have voted in favor of selling the structure owing to an ongoing decline in the church’s membership.
That membership, just over 1,600 in the late 1970s, is around 70 today.
The L-shaped three-story brick structure was built in 1935 and measures just under 31,000 square feet. The building houses a spacious nave, and classroom and meeting space, as well as a commercial kitchen.
Designated as a Class B structure, the church sits on a nearly 1-acre site, sharing the same block with the equally historic El Paso Club building at 30 E. Platte Avenue, which was built in 1883.
There are currently two other churches for sale in Colorado Springs: the two-story Pikes Peak United Methodist church building at 2923 West Pikes Peak Avenue, which was built in 1904 and has an asking prices of $1.6 million; and the Redemption Hill Church at 124 Delaware Drive, built in 1965, and listed for $3.3 million.
By Garry Boulard
