A long-standing Colorado Springs building housing generations of retail operations is on the market, nearly 120 years after it was originally built.
Completed in 1904, the structure at 2530 W. Colorado Avenue is currently the home to an upscale women’s clothing store called Mackenzie & West and measures nearly 5,300 square feet.
With an asking price of just under $1.4 million, the building is a part of a block-long series of one and two-story brick structures built mostly in the early part of the 20th century and housing restaurant, jewelry, and gift stores.
Originally known as the Tenderfoot Building and serving as a rooming house, the structure, according to city records, features Queen Anne brickwork at the cornice, and “radiating voussoirs with a central keystone above each second story window.”
Extensively renovated in 2016, the structure is classified as a Class C building, and is being listed by the Colorado Springs offices of realtor Hoff & Leigh.
With its modest brick façade and scale, the building is a classic of the structures making up what is popularly known as Old Colorado City, a district of commercial buildings and residences that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
That district, whose origins are traced to 1859 in the midst of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, was also for many years known for its saloons, bordellos, and even opium dens.
In recent years, Old Colorado City has become one of the most popular neighborhoods in Colorado Springs. According to the site realtor.com, the current median price range of a home in the district is around $525,000, with rents for a one-bedroom apartment going for just under $1,100.
By Garry Boulard
