DeGraff Building

DeGraff Building
Location 116-118 N. Tejon, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 38°50′10″N 104°49′25″W / 38.83611°N 104.82361°W / 38.83611; -104.82361Coordinates: 38°50′10″N 104°49′25″W / 38.83611°N 104.82361°W / 38.83611; -104.82361
Built 1897
Architect Barber and Hastings
NRHP Reference # 83001293
CSRHP # 5EP.608
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 18, 1983[1]
Designated CSRHP August 18, 1983[2]

The DeGraff Building is a commercial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is "one of the few remaining commercial buildings dating from the boom period following the Cripple Creek gold strike." The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

History

David DeGraff, a California gold rush miner, had the building constructed in 1897. It was designed by Barber and Hastings, who also designed the 1890-1891 renovations to the El Paso Club on 30 Platte Avenue. Retail shops were on the first floor of the DeGraff Building and offices were on the second, third and fourth floors. The building was converted into an apartment house after World War II. In 1967 it was converted back to offices. In 1982 the building was restored; The parapet that had been removed was recreated and the rock aggregate veneer that had been applied to the front facade was removed.[4]

The Colorado Springs Business Journal first began in the DeGraff Building in 1989.[5] Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom is currently located on the first floor of the building.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 El Paso County - Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. History Colorado. June 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places listing of El Paso County, Colorado". American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Historic Walking Tours - Central Downtown" (PDF). City of Colorado Springs. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Amy Gillentine (April 3, 2009). "The launching of the Colorado Springs Business Journal". Colorado Springs Business Journal (accessed via HighBeam Research).
  6. ↑ "CO Springs - Tejon". Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
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