Call NumberX-7501DateFebruary 5, 1948SummaryView a false front log structure on the Broadmoor golf club grounds moved from Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a corrugated sheet metal roof, hand-hewn timbers, a weathered clapboard front with painted lettering: "Erected In 1858, Old Capitol Building," and a sign: "Visit the Cheyenne Zoo, one mile from the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs; built for Dr. James Paul Garvin, later used as the county clerks office, Second Territorial Legislature meeting place, a telegraph office, and the first Rio Grande office; Spencer Penrose moved the cabin to the Broadmoor grounds then gave it to the State Historical Society in 1958.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado City (Colo.)False fronts--Colorado--Colorado CityLog cabins--Colorado--Colorado CityGeographic AreaColorado City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710007501Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromMaxNotesDate stamp on back of photoprint: Feb 5 1948. Formerly Max 401. Photoprint has brown staining and creases. Title typed on label on back of photoprint with additional information: "The old log cabin marked "Old Capitol Building," which stood for years on Colorado Avenue in Colorado Springs, never was any such thing, according to Harry Galbraith of Colorado Springs. He asserts a physician lived and practiced there during the five days that Colorado City, now part of Colorado Springs, was a territorial capitol. Whether or not, the old log cabin has long been accepted as a historical structure and some years ago was moved to the grounds of the Broadmoor golf club, where this picture was taken."; R7100075014
Never was Capitol (February 5, 1948). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/04/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1021792
