Downtown in Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Cutler Hall
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
1. Cutler Hall Marker
On July 4, 1877, Colorado College and the people of Colorado Springs gathered to celebrate the beginning of construction on the undeveloped and isolated plot of prairie donated for its campus. With an uninterrupted vista of the Rocky Mountains providing a magnificent backdrop for the ceremony, General William Jackson Palmer, who had founded Colorado Springs only six years earlier, turned the first shovel of dirt and observed,
"My friends, in breaking this ground, let us set apart and forever devote it and the structure which is to rise upon it to the purpose of education in the most unsectarian way, to the discovery and inculcation of truth."
Cutler Hall was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1877.
Location. 38° 50.882′ N, 104° 49.536′ W. Marker is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from North
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Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range and in Pikes Peak Region. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comancherνa.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ticknor Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederick H. Cossitt Memorial Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charles Leaming Tutt Jr. (about 500 feet away); tavachi : sun (about 700 feet away); Palmer Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Shove Memorial Chapel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Arthur House (approx. Ό mile away).
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
2. Cutler Hall Marker text is atop the cube to the right of the main entrance
More about this marker. The marker is to the right of the main entrance. The walkway to the hall is on the west side of North Cascade Ave., between West Cache La Poudre and West Unitah Streets.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
3. National Register of Historic Places plaque
Located to the left of the main entrance
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
4. Historic photo of Cutler Hall
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
5. Cutler Hall
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
