Places – HPA of Colorado Springs

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The Historic Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs provides information about places deserving special attention and protection within the Pikes Peak region.

About these images: Once gracing the Tahama Springs pavilion in Monument Valley Park, these bronze medallions, representing General William Jackson Palmer, Lt. Zebulon Pike and Chief Tahama, disappeared sometime following the 1965 flood. Efforts to find them have failed. These medallions are a key feature of that historic place that the Historic Preservation Alliance and our project partners hope to reproduce as a component of the reconstruction project.

The Sesquicentennial Celebration is GEARING UP!

PEDAL THROUGH HISTORY during Bike Month in June! Click through to learn more about the historic loops right for you and your family to enjoy on two wheels!

General Palmer’s daughter teaching him how to ride a bike! Love it!

Don’t miss BEARDS, BONNETS AND BIKES on Saturday, June 5th, 9:30-1:00 p.m. Join Join Mayor and Mrs. Suthers for a fantastic FUN ride starting at America the Beautiful Park. Click to learn more then go dust the spiders off those spokes, put air in those tires and GET OUT THERE!

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Click HERE for a link to the recording of PIKES PEAK PRESERVATION FORUM III held May 20th.

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HPA Summer Evening Tours ARE BACK, LIVE AND IN PERSON! Thursday evenings beginning July 15th at 6:30 (6:00 check-in)! Advance reservations are needed this year due to space limitations on a few tours. Email events@hpasprings.org to reserve.

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City as a Venue: Front Range Fables The Fine Arts Center hosts three fantastical fables based on historic events in the Pikes Peak region! June 26, 2021 – August 7, 2021. For details and tickets visit the FAC events page. Advance reservations are required but multiple performances will be held for each play.

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WHY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION ESSENTIAL? Through historic preservation, we look at history in different ways, ask different questions of the past, and learn new things about our history and ourselves. Historic preservation is essential to transmit our understanding of the past to future generations.

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Concerned about ReTool? Looking for neighborhood help? CLICK HERE to access HistoricCOS – the City’s freshly adopted historic preservation master plan!

View the Colorado Springs Historic Preservation Ordinance here.

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Membership renewals and Charitable donations are easily made online. Click here to learn more.

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Celebrate our Sesquicentennial! The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum and other cultural destinations are now OPEN! Visit COS@150 virtually right here!

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LEARN ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Click to Discover a world of good ideas, guidelines and great success stories – and immerse yourself in unlimited ways you can take action.

Need inspiration and guidance to get going on property improvements, maintenance and general care for the older building you love? Check out the National Park Services 50 technical briefs on EVERYTHING you can imagine! EXCEPTIONALLY good help, inspiration and how-to information. Click here and do it! Then send your project photos to us at info@hpasprings.org!

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Please continue to monitor our website and Facebook page for updates. Please use this time to access the myriad online learning tools including our new Click and Learn Library and our newly expanded Recommended Reading List! Be well, be safe.

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CHECK OUT OUR FUN AND INFORMATIVE VIDEOS!

CLICK HERE and join us up close and virtual for our new 19th Annual Preservation Honor Awards Video – a first for the HPA!

Click here to view awardee photo Flipbooks! Congratulations to all the awardees! We thank the video team of Peter Blaney and Dave Rickert for their work on the awards video.

View our 2021 Annual Meeting video here!