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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot or Santa Fe Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado is a historic railway station. The grand depot and Harvey House was built in 1917 as a joint Santa Fe/Colorado and Southern Railway facility. In 1972, the Santa Fe tracks through Colorado Springs were removed and rail operations were consolidated on the former Rio Grande trackage on the west side of town. The depot and the nearby express building (later used as a freight house) now serves as Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was deemed "significant for its architectural features and for the role it played in rail transportation in Colorado."

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot or Santa Fe Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a historic railway station. The grand depot and Harvey House was built in 1917 as a joint Santa Fe/Colorado and Southern Railway facility. In 1972, the Santa Fe tracks through Colorado Springs were removed and rail operations were consolidated on the former Rio Grande trackage on the west side of town. The depot and the nearby express building (later used as a freight house) now serves as Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was deemed "significant for its architectural features and for the role it played in rail transportation in Colorado."

Pikes Peak Prep is a free, public K–12 charter school located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. United States.Pikes Peak Prep is ranked a Performance level school based on the Colorado Department of Education evaluation in 2016. 100% of seniors in 2016 graduated from Pikes Peak Prep, and over 90% of students enroll in college.In 2012, Pikes Peak Prep received the Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award.The school offers a Middle College Program, allowing students to earn college credits. High School students are able to concurrently enroll in college classes at Pikes Peak Community College, and receive both college credit and high school credit. Pikes Peak Prep pays for student's college tuition, provides transportation, and books. This school changed locations after management of the school was changed in an agreement with Colorado Charter School Institute.

Colorado Springs City Auditorium is a historic auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Completed in 1923, the auditorium still serves the city of Colorado Springs by way of hosting various events throughout the year. The building, cost $424,910 at the time, was primarily used for concerts, theatre performances and graduations. The plaque above the stage is inscribed, "USUI CIVIUM DECORI URBUS", or "For the use of the people and the glory of the city." In the 1940s, a local promoter, Abe Marylander, brought wrestling exhibitions and boxing matches to the facility. As the years passed, the City Auditorium has played host to various musical concerts, the Harlem Globetrotters, many conventions and trade shows, professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, roller derby and more. The City Auditorium was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995. The Pikemasters Model Railroad club is housed in the Auditorium's basement. Located in the old Colorado Springs Police firing range, as of 2019 they hosted meetings every Thursday night, at which visitors were welcome.

US Post Office and Federal Courthouse-Colorado Springs Main, also known as the Colorado Springs Post Office and Federal Courthouse, is a historic federal building that serves as a post office and courthouse. It is located at 210 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Renaissance Revival - Beaux-Arts style building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. and is on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.

This is a list of the tallest buildings in the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The tallest is the Wells Fargo Tower, which at 247 feet (75 m) is the tallest building in the state of Colorado outside the Denver metropolitan area.

This is a list of some notable people who have lived in the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs, the second-largest city in Colorado and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States, has been the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This list of people from Colorado Springs includes people that were born or lived in the city or greater metropolitan area. Individuals included in this list are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

First Presbyterian Church is a large church in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, established in 1872 by missionary Rev. Sheldon Jackson, who organized more than 100 churches in the central and western United States. First Pres was first led by Rev. Henry Gage who, while still a Princeton Theological Seminary student, became the first person of any denomination to preach in Colorado Springs. First Pres, as the church is commonly known, dedicated its first building on the corner of Weber Street and Kiowa Street on January 12, 1873. Subsequent sanctuary buildings were completed in 1889 and 1957, and additional educational facilities have been added in stages since that time. In 2017, a Contemporary Worship Center was finished, the first intentionally-designed contemporary worship venue in downtown Colorado Springs. The mission of First Pres is to be "Light and Life for the City" while we wait with eager expectation for the City of God. The purpose of First Pres is to worship God, believing that when we do so, lives are transformed. A commitment to Jesus Christ, to active participation in the downtown Colorado Springs community and to outreach to underserved populations have characterized First Pres since its inception. First Pres is a former member congregation of the Presbyterian Church USA. In 2012, the congregation voted to affiliate with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. Jim DeJarnette, the faithful and accomplished Minister of Worship and Music at First Presbyterian Church, announced his retirement on November 18, 2020. This came into effect the summer of 2021. He served the Colorado Springs community for 40 years. During that time, he commandeered the 150+ voice adult choir, a children’s choir, handbell and brass ensembles that have drawn crowds from all over the city. First Presbyterian is home to the oldest continually-chartered Scout troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered in October, 1917.

The Colorado Springs City Hall is a municipal building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

People's Methodist Episcopal Church, also known at the Independent Missionary Baptist Church, is a historic church in Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado. Reverend Charles W. Homes was sent from Oskoloosa, Iowa by the Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church to build churches in black communities. They church was formed on February 18, 1903, by a group of ex-slaves or children of ex-slaves and began meeting at the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Hall.: 10–11  The church was built in 1904 in a neighborhood that was predominantly African-American. Prominent early members include Jesse Bass, Lonnie Bassett, and Frank Loper.: 9 By 1900, there were 875 African-Americans living in the city of a total of 21,085 people. People's Methodist Episcopal Church was the third African-American church formed in Colorado Springs, but the first built north of Pikes Peak Avenue where more than 75 black families lived. The first was Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church built in 1875 at Weber Street at Pueblo Avenue. It was established by the pioneering Carter brothers from Iowa on the land was donated by William Jackson Palmer. St. John's Baptist Church was built three years later on Pueblo Avenue and East Cimarron Street.: 10, 12 It was centered in one of the largest African-American communities in the state and served as the Universal Negro Improvement Association headquarters for Colorado Springs from 1921 to the mid-1930s. The Universal Negro Improvement Association, established by Marcus Garvey in 1914, became one of the largest black empowerment movements in the world. Marcus Garvey visited Colorado Springs in May 1922 and again in October 1924 with his wife, Amy Jacques Garvey. The church provided meeting space for the DuBois Study Club, People's Literary Society, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Women's Home Missionary Society, Ladies Aid Society, and Colorado Springs Unity Council.: 10 The church building is historically significant for the role that it served in the African-American community and its distinctive Queen Anne architecture with elements of Gothic Revival architecture. It is one of the oldest wood-framed and clad churches on its original foundation in the Colorado Springs area. In the early 1930s the church was altered to have a broader, steeper pitched roof, removal of several small double-hung windows, arched windows were replaced with wood tracery, and two side-by-side, arched steeple openings were replaced with a smaller, single, centered arched opening.The church moved to 826 Boulder Street in 1965.: 9  The St. Vrain building has always been a place of worship.

The Y.W.C.A. Building is a 5+1⁄2-story building on 130 E. Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Built in 1913, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1979. Its estimated height is 66.85 ft.

The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) is a K-12 residential school, located on Knob Hill, one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, near the famous laboratory of Nikola Tesla. The school was founded in 1874 as The Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes by Jonathan R. Kennedy, who had previously been steward at the Kansas State School For the Deaf. The school began in a rented house in downtown Colorado Springs with seven students, three of whom were Kennedy's own children. One of his children, Emma, later married another student, Frank H. Chaney, and they became the parents of the actor Lon Chaney.Colorado Springs' founder William Jackson Palmer was the land-grantor of several institutions in Colorado Springs, including the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.CSDB were the 2004 National Champions in the Deaf Academic Bowl. CSDB serves students and their families who are deaf, blind, or both. CSDB also coordinates the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) that serves deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to three years old within their home. CSDB provides outreach services to support students, families, and school districts throughout Colorado.