A more than 120-year-old structure in Colorado that currently serves as the home to the city’s famous Pioneers Museum, is expected to see a series of long-planned upgrades that may begin next year.
Located at 15 S. Tejon Stret, the Pioneers Museum is one of the most historically significant buildings in Colorado Springs. Registered with the National Register of Historic Places, the granite building originally served as El Paso County Courthouse.
In the late 1970s, it became the home of the Pioneers Museum, and now houses more than 60,000 individual items related to Native American history, as well as artifacts and documents exploring the city’s economically important mining history.
City officials say that on top of initial funding to approve structural work to the building, an additional $2.5 million was green-lit earlier this fall to modernize the Pioneers Museum heating and cooling system, as well as the roofing.
Work could begin next year on the updating of the structure, a project that may not be completed until the fall of 2023.
By Garry Boulard
