This Tour is sold out. Please go to “Register” and choose from the Member and Non-Member waitlists. Members will have waitlist priority.
Check-in time is 5:30 pm in the Hacienda Living Room. Tour starts at 6 pm.
The tour is limited to 40 participants so please register to reserve your spot.
Since space is limited, HPA members and guests who attended last year’s tour will not be eligible for this year’s tour.
The week of the Tour, any remaining spots will be assigned and if you’re on the waitlist, you will receive an email letting you know you can attend. Please confirm you’re going to attend and as a non-member a $10 donation needs to be made at the check in table on arrival to the tour or you may use a HPA guest pass in lieu of the $10.
What do Spencer Penrose, Jack Bradley, Elizabeth Sage Hare, Francis Froelicher and John Gaw Meem all have in common? The answer is 1600 acres that started as the Lazy B Ranch and became Fountain Valley School, all as the country settled into the Great Depression. In a slide presentation of the School’s early beginnings and a tour of three of its seminal buildings – the Hacienda, Sage Hall and the Barn, commonly known today as the Art Barn – participants will learn about the School’s distinctive architecture as the Lazy B was transformed into the boarding school we know today as Fountain Valley School of Colorado.
Address: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road, Colorado Springs, CO.
Directions: PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR GPS – IT MAY DELIVER YOU TO THE WRONG DESTINATION! From I-25 North or South, take Exit 135; turn east onto S. Academy Blvd.; travel east-northeast on S. Academy Blvd. to Bradley Rd. (1.3 miles); exit to your right; turn left (using the roundabout) from the exit and continue onto Bradley Rd.; travel east on Bradley Rd. and turn right onto Grinnell Blvd. heading south; the School entrance is on the left about ¾ mile down Grinnell Blvd.
Parking: Designated visitor parking is available behind the Hacienda Building (turn left at the roundabout).
Waiver: All attendees must sign the updated 2025 HPA Liability Waiver. DOWNLOAD HERE and bring with you or sign at the venue. Only one waiver per person required for the entire season.
Disabled Access: Yes
Bathrooms: Yes
HPA Coordinator: John Haney
Tour Guide: Jake Emery, Fountain Valley School’s Archivist
Already registered?
This Tour is sold out. Please go to “Register” and choose from the Member and Non-Member waitlists. Members will have waitlist priority.
Check-in time is 5:30 pm in the Hacienda Living Room. Tour starts at 6 pm.
The tour is limited to 40 participants so please register to reserve your spot.
Since space is limited, HPA members and guests who attended last year’s tour will not be eligible for this year’s tour.
The week of the Tour, any remaining spots will be assigned and if you’re on the waitlist, you will receive an email letting you know you can attend. Please confirm you’re going to attend and as a non-member a $10 donation needs to be made at the check in table on arrival to the tour or you may use a HPA guest pass in lieu of the $10.
What do Spencer Penrose, Jack Bradley, Elizabeth Sage Hare, Francis Froelicher and John Gaw Meem all have in common? The answer is 1600 acres that started as the Lazy B Ranch and became Fountain Valley School, all as the country settled into the Great Depression. In a slide presentation of the School’s early beginnings and a tour of three of its seminal buildings – the Hacienda, Sage Hall and the Barn, commonly known today as the Art Barn – participants will learn about the School’s distinctive architecture as the Lazy B was transformed into the boarding school we know today as Fountain Valley School of Colorado.
Address: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road, Colorado Springs, CO.
Directions: PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR GPS – IT MAY DELIVER YOU TO THE WRONG DESTINATION! From I-25 North or South, take Exit 135; turn east onto S. Academy Blvd.; travel east-northeast on S. Academy Blvd. to Bradley Rd. (1.3 miles); exit to your right; turn left (using the roundabout) from the exit and continue onto Bradley Rd.; travel east on Bradley Rd. and turn right onto Grinnell Blvd. heading south; the School entrance is on the left about ¾ mile down Grinnell Blvd.
Parking: Designated visitor parking is available behind the Hacienda Building (turn left at the roundabout).
Waiver: All attendees must sign the updated 2025 HPA Liability Waiver. DOWNLOAD HERE and bring with you or sign at the venue. Only one waiver per person required for the entire season.
Disabled Access: Yes
Bathrooms: Yes
HPA Coordinator: John Haney
Tour Guide: Jake Emery, Fountain Valley School’s Archivist
Already registered?
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