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74-643: It was a coal mining town, named for Colorado Springs banker and broker John H. Pape, was inhabited by Southern European immigrants, many Italian, who came to Colorado directly after arriving in the United States at the turn of the 20th century. The town was inhabited by individuals who had mined at nearby Curtis, another mining town 1/2 a mile to the north, and moved to the town due to miner's labor issues after they were forcibly removed from their homes by strikebreakers. The 150 men, women and children were led by John Pape. The Curtis mine, established by W.W. Curtis in 1899,

148-498: A 3.5 miles (5.6 km) trail from Cragmor through Austin Bluffs that was called the "Happy Walk". Cragmor was a place where millionaires, musicians, artists, dancers, and poets came to get well and was known for its luxury, easy rules, parties, and sexual affairs among patients. In 1936, the $ 500,000 facility was reorganized as a non-profit organization for treatment and research of tuberculosis. The Cragmor Sanatorium complex became

222-480: A European tuberculosis treatment approach, including rest, open-air, and "disciplined gluttony". People ate twice as much as they would normally eat and might gain up to 50 pounds while in treatment. The Shoshone Spring, one of Manitou Mineral Springs , was taken for its laxative effects and the springs in general for their healing effects. The quality of care depended upon one's ability to pay. The poor might stay in open-air tents, some sanatoriums cost $ 7 per week, and

296-408: A basketball court, a playground, and picnic area. Portal Park, a 10.6-acre park located at 3535 North Hancock Avenue, has an outdoor swimming pool, baseball and soccer fields, multi-play court, tennis courts, and trails. The swimming pool was built in 1974 and 1975. In 1979, subsidence resulted in a 12 by 7 feet (3.7 by 2.1 m) sinkhole in the park. It was discovered that 31 feet (9.4 m) below

370-519: A bigger hospital, Sisters Notberga and Huberta went door-to-door throughout El Paso County asking for donations to build a larger hospital. In October 1887, the Sisters purchased the land and had a larger hospital built for $ 20,000 (equivalent to $ 678,222 in 2023) at Pikes Peak Avenue and Institute Street in early 1888. Patients from the Colorado Midland Railway clinic were transferred to

444-413: A facility that could care for the union's "aged and infirm" members - especially those with tuberculosis that spread in the cramped working conditions of printing shops and those with a specific type of black lung that came from inhaling the fumes of carbon-based ink used in the printing process. In 1886, Philadelphia philanthropists and business partners, George W. Childs and Anthony J Drexel , donated

518-660: A house in Broadmoor called Trianon were sold to the Poor Sisters of St. Francis ( Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration ) for $ 1 in 1952. The combined fortune that they received was worth $ 2,325,000 (equivalent to $ 26,378,810 in 2023). The Catholic order of nuns ran the St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs and others in Nebraska, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. In 1954,

592-470: A mansion one block from Acacia and Monument Valley Parks and the Carnegie Library in 1905. It was well-appointed, three-story building with modern heating and lighting and wide verandas for fresh-air. The building was originally built as a residence by a wealth contractor. Dr. Charles R. Knox was the superintendent of the facility at 126 North Cascade in 1907, one that's principles were in keeping with

666-474: A medical destination to one that developed a military presence. The Battle Creek Sanitarium at 230 North Cascade Avenue was a branch of the Michigan facility that had been at 320 N. Tejon in 1903 and at that time was managed by Frank W. Patterson and K. E. McMillen. Lillian Voorhees was the nurse. Cascade Villas was a short-lived home for the treatment of tuberculosis founded in 1874 by Dr. Thomas G. Horn. It

740-463: A population of homeless, ill people, many were taken to jail. In 1878 in Colorado Springs, 25 or more of 73 who were buried at Mount Washington Cemetery had tuberculosis. Of the people that died in the city most of them had come to Colorado Springs so ill that it was not surprising that they died. Because of the number of people with TB flocking to Denver, by the 1880s it was nicknamed the "World's Sanitarium". On March 5, 1888, Dr. Frederick I. Knight,

814-746: A specialist in lung diseases, spoke before the Boston Society of Medical Observation on the benefits of high altitude and the mountain climate of Colorado for patients with tuberculosis, including patients that experienced hemorrhaging. In the 1880s and 1890s more than a third of the city's residents came to Colorado Springs to improve their health. Houses on the Old North End had large sleeping porches for consumptive boarders. Large houses along North Nevada Avenue were turned into boarding houses for people with tuberculosis. Some stayed in tents and backyard cottages. The area became known as "lungers' row". Some of

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888-554: A total{{efn|Or, Childs and Drexel each donated $ 5,000 towards the construction of a Union Printers Home. of $ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 339,111 in 2023) to the Union “without condition or suggestion of any kind, as an absolute gift, in full confidence that the sagacious and conservative counselors of your union will make or order wise use of it for the good of the union.” This donation began the Childs-Drexel Fund, which eventually became

962-570: Is named both for the sanatorium and the Modern Woodmen of America. Reverend William R. Stephens from the People's Methodist Episcopal Church of Colorado Springs was a trustee for a sanatorium in Calhan. James K. Polk Taylor, a former slave, and his freeborn wife Elizabeth James Taylor, 71 and 75 years old respectively, donated 480 acres of rich farming land in Calhan for a sanatorium in 1910. They had worked

1036-405: Is now a Ronald McDonald House . Miramont Castle was built between 1895 and 1897 by Father Francolon, based upon architectural design elements that he picked up in his travels and ideas from his father, a diplomat. He hired brothers Archie and Angus Gillis to design the building, and was involved in the detailed planning meetings. The green sandstone used in the construction of the castle's walls

1110-542: Is now a museum owned by the Manitou Springs Historical Society. The Eleanor Home, run by Eleanor Collier and about 30 women, administered care beginning in 1888 to patients with tuberculosis while the Bellevue Sanitarium was built. The Bellevue Sanitarium opened in 1890 on Institute Street near St. Francis Hospital with five tents. It was founded by a group of physicians and the house physician

1184-579: The Battle Creek Sanitarium . In 1909, the business manager was W. F. Patterson. It operated in 1912, but by 1916 was the site of the Hallett and Baker Undertaking Company. The Cragmor Sanatorium was founded by leading tuberculosis specialist Dr. Edwin S. Solly in 1906. It was built in the Austin Bluffs , or Cragmor area. General William Jackson Palmer donated funds toward the construction of

1258-556: The Great Depression in the 1930s and Cragmor suffered from financial distress into the 1940s. It was briefly reinvigorated in the 1950s when a contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs established Cragmor as a treatment center for Navajo people with tuberculosis . About ten years later, the Navajo patients were transferred elsewhere. Bungalows were built for patients and physicians of

1332-495: The Modern Woodmen of America north of the city for the treatment of tuberculosis that operated from 1909 to 1947. The Sanatorium had 80 patients in 1909, but the organization estimated that 10,000 of its 1 million members had tuberculosis. According to Head Consul A. R. Talbot, it intended to expand the facility within 10 years to meet the needs of all of its members. At its peak, the open-air facility accommodated 180 people. It

1406-564: The history of tuberculosis in the era before antituberculosis drugs and vaccines . Tuberculosis management before this era was difficult and often of limited effect. In the 19th century, a movement for tuberculosis treatment in hospital -like facilities called sanatoriums became prominent, especially in Europe and North America. Thus people sought tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs because of its dry climate and fresh mountain air. Some people stayed in boarding houses , while others sought

1480-695: The Beth-El complex, Sanatorium, its Nutrition Camp, and other buildings in 1943. The Beth-El Hospital became Memorial Hospital. The Sanatorium became the Ent Air Force Base , which was the Air Defense Command and later North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters. The property and site of the former sanatorium are now the United States Olympic Training Center . The Knob Hill Lodge Sanatorium at 319 North Logan

1554-700: The City Mine, the Altitude, Williamsville Mine, Curtis Mine, Patterson Mine, the Climax mines, the Conley, Busy Bee, and the Danville. Coal was mined using the "room and pillar" method, in which areas of unmined coal acted as pillars while coal was removed from the shafts, creating rooms. Sometimes, rather than leaving the pillar for support, the supporting coal was removed. Coal was mined from fields from one to fourteen feet deep. Of

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1628-556: The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division. The area was named by Edwin Solly, who began plans to build the 100-acre Cragmor Sanatorium in 1902, when William Jackson Palmer donated funds to build a sanatorium . The Cragmor Sanatorium opened in 1905. Located between the bluffs of Palmer Park and Austin Bluffs, he named it for the moors and crags of Great Britain, which described "where high bluffs join

1702-638: The Cragmor Sanatorium building, what is now Main Hall, and Cragmor Hall, a modern expansion of Main Hall. The first building built exclusively for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), Dwire Hall, was completed in 1972. A 1997 community referendum merged Beth-El College of Nursing with UCCS. In recent years, programs such as the Network Information and Space Security Center were added to connect

1776-536: The Cragmor Sanatorium in an area named Cragmor Village. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by 2013 for its historical significance during the sanatoria era and because it is threatened by plans for expansion of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) campus. By the 1950s, coal was no longer mined in the area, and land was developed for the construction of about 3,500 houses, which

1850-564: The Cragmor Sanitorium was located there. By the 1950s, the mines were abandoned and the land was developed for housing. Cragmor was annexed to the City of Colorado Springs in the early 1960s. The Cragmor Sanatorium became the main hall for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus. Before the area was named Cragmore, beginning about 1859, the area was mined for coal. There were 50 coal mines in Colorado Springs. The Cragmor mines were

1924-489: The Kaiserwerth Deaconesses. Sister Ida Tobschall was the superintendent and there were three nurses and a cook. It was opened in 1910 and had handled 77 patients in three years, many who came to them through Associated Charities. It was a home-like setting with a living room with a fireplace, dining room, and two outdoor porches for men and women. Patients that could contribute paid $ 8 per week for their care. Most of

1998-582: The Sanatorium and it had a dairy farm. Eighty employees were required to maintain the facility, but in 1947 there were only 18 patients and the sanatorium was sold. When the facility closed, 205 huts were sold and became tool sheds and toy houses. The property was purchased by Blevins Davis in July 1950. His wife, Marguerite Davis , a railroad heiress, died in 1948 and wished to have her fortune used for charitable purposes. The Modern Woodmen Sanatorium property and

2072-404: The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration moved from Denver to Colorado Springs and have operated educational facilities and programs, mentoring programs, and Mount Saint Francis skilled nursing facilities on what is now a 110-acre property. Woodmen Road, a major east–west arterial starts near the original sanatorium and runs for 15 miles through the northern suburbs of Colorado Springs. It

2146-582: The UCCS campus, between Austin Bluffs Parkway and Templeton Gap. The North Cragmor neighborhood is located north of Cragmor Village Road, and between the UCCS campus and Union Boulevard. Within the South Cragmor neighborhood are Danville Park, Portal Park, and Grace Center for Athletics. Danville Park is a 5.3-acre park located at 1147 Mountview Lane at North Hancock Avenue. It has fields for baseball and soccer,

2220-556: The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) campus and two of its former buildings are Cragmor and Main halls. As a memorial to her husband, Albert Glockner, the 22-year-old widow Marie Gwynne Glockner opened the Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium in 1890. Her husband had died of tuberculosis at 31 years of age. Glockner family members supported the development of the sanatorium. Patients were charged $ 1 (equivalent to $ 34 in 2023) per day. The first superintendent

2294-528: The annexation was upheld, supporting the 1970 decision of the El Paso District Court. In 2015, Lookout at Cragmor was also annexed. As early as the 1945, University of Colorado offered classes in the Colorado Springs area at various locations, mostly Colorado College . By the 1960s, however, a permanent campus was desired. George Dwire, the Executive Director of the Cragmor Sanatorium, sold

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2368-486: The area in 1953, when Cragmor Heights and Cragmor Hills were incorporated into Colorado Springs. Four thousand acres were annexed to Colorado Springs on December 23, 1969. The following year, Cragmor area residents took the city to court for several reasons, including preference for services offered by the North Suburban district over that of the City of Colorado Springs. Following a Colorado Supreme Court decision in 1972,

2442-440: The city's 50 abandoned mines, 22 have become hazardous because they were "very shallow mines"—some no more than 30 feet (9.1 m) below the surface—that are now subject to sinking under developed land. For instance, the ground gives way after wood that held up the roof of the rooms deteriorates, generally 10 to 20 years after the mines closed. There are also hazards due to mine openings, drainage of metals or other pollutants from

2516-621: The facilities evolved into hospitals or medical facilities: Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium evolved into Penrose Hospital . Beth-El Hospital, with the National Deaconess Sanitarium , evolved into Memorial Hospital. St. Francis Hospital was a hospital that had a sanatorium in its three building complex. Union Printers Home and the Modern Woodmen Tuberculosis Sanatorium , now Mount Saint Francis, are going concerns with skilled nursing care. Today, however,

2590-578: The facility for 25 patients. It treated tuberculosis and related diseases. He died shortly after it was built and in 1910 a group of local residents bought the sanatorium. Alexius L. Forster as the Physician-in-Charge and Mary L Whitney RN was the Superintendent in 1916. Dr. Frank M. Houck, a House Manager at Cragmor, came to Colorado Springs in 1915 to treat his tuberculosis after receiving his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He built

2664-525: The famous individuals who came to the area to treat their tuberculosis include novelist Helen Hunt Jackson , railroad executive James J. Hagerman , author Marshall Sprague , and noted potter Artus Van Briggle . Cynthia Stout, a history scholar, asserted that by 1900 "one-third of Colorado's population were residents of the state because of tuberculosis." In 1905, Dr. B.P. Anderson recommended open-air treatment in dry climates, like Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The sanatoriums in Colorado Springs adopted

2738-428: The hospital-like facilities of sanatoriums. In the 1880s and 1890s, it is estimated that one-third of the people living in Colorado Springs had tuberculosis. The number of sanatoriums and hospitals increased into the twentieth century. During World War II , medicines were developed that successfully treated tuberculosis and by the late 1940s specialized tuberculosis treatment facilities were no longer needed. Several of

2812-572: The hungry. Sister Mary Hermana Meschede was the superior from 1890 to 1893. St. Francis Hospital grew to have three connected buildings. One of the buildings, the 29 building, was built in 1929 as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. It had private rooms with sun porches to provide fresh air and sunlight. A crematorium was located near the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind for the dead bodies of people who died of tuberculosis. The hospital complex

2886-648: The initial money that led to the establishment of the Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers (later renamed the Union Printers Home). The City of Colorado Springs deeded 80 acres to the ITU to build the home, which cost $ 71,144 (equivalent to $ 2,412,572 in 2023) to build. It was dedicated on May 12, 1892. Over the next few decades, the Home grew to approximately 300 acres, with numerous buildings for resident care, one of

2960-547: The land for fourteen years and wished to have a tuberculosis sanatorium built for African Americans and other races. Their land, valued at about $ 4,800 (equivalent to $ 156,960 in 2023), was donated to the Charles Sumner National Tuberculosis Association. The Taylors were to live on the farm in a cottage built by the association. The advisory committee for the association included W. E. B. Du Bois . The free clinic for people with tuberculosis

3034-492: The largest dairy farms in the state, and various other agricultural ventures. With the decline of the printing trade in the 1960s and '70s, the ITU began to sell off portions of the property in order to stay afloat. In 1986, they merged with the Communications Workers of America . The CWA operated the property until 2014, when it was sold to Heart Living Centers, a Kansas-based private nursing care organization, which

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3108-433: The low plains". Cragmor is located about 300 feet (91 m) in elevation above and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Colorado Springs. Located on a bluff of prairie grass, pines, and ground oaks, the sanatorium's westward view included Pikes Peak and Rampart Range . In the following decades it developed a following among the cultural elite and many of its patients were wealthy. However, they were hit hard by

3182-414: The luxury accommodations were $ 50 per week. Sanatoriums claimed that about 60% of their patients were cured from their treatment. But the treatment patients received made the illness regress, it did not cure tuberculosis. Charles H. Boissevain , a mathematically trained biochemist and professor of biology at Colorado College , was in 1924 appointed the first chief of research and laboratory director of

3256-629: The manager was Sister Xavier Magevney. The Glockner Sanatorium and Training School for Nurses was operated by Sister Rose Alexius, the superioress, in 1916. It had 200 beds by 1921 and was the Glockner Sanatorium and Hospital in 1940. Glockner evolved over the years into Penrose Hospital . Penrose Hospital won an Excellence in Historic Preservation Stewardship award in 2014 for the fully restored tuberculosis hut , or tent cottage, and its early 20th century furnishings that

3330-474: The mines, or fires within mines or the outside waste banks. Many of the hazardous, abandoned mines are near Cragmor, such as Cragmor Country Club Estates that had about 3,000 residents in the late 1980s. There were more than 2,400 crack and sinkholes in the Cragmor Country Club Estates area, while there were only a total of seven in other areas of Colorado Springs during a 1985 study supervised by

3404-578: The money came from donations from the community. It was located at 926 E Boulder, and near the Beth-El Hospital. Sunnyrest had 45 beds in 1921. The Union Printers Home was a facility for rest and respite for the members of the International Typographical Union (ITU). The ITU established the facility in 1892, and maintained the property until the union's merger with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in 1986. The idea of

3478-518: The new St. Francis Hospital. It administered care to employees of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and provided medical services to the greater public. Physicians and the Sisters treated a wide range of illness and injuries. The sisters carried on their duties at the hospital and performed fund-raising to support the hospital and programs to provide food for

3552-521: The newly founded Colorado Foundation for Research in Tuberculosis, later renamed the Webb-Waring Institute. In 1940, four sanatoria remained: Cragmor, Glockner, National Methodist, St. Francis, Sunnyrest, and Modern Woodmen Sanatorium. During World War II, the drug Isoniazid (INH) began to be used to effectively treat tuberculosis. Then, sanatoriums began to close and the city shifted from

3626-485: The sanatorium property for $ 1 to the state, which became the property of the University of Colorado in 1964. In 1965, UCCS moved to its current location on Austin Bluffs Parkway in the Cragmor neighborhood of northern Colorado Springs. The campus is located at one of the highest parts of the city. Because of its ties to Hewlett-Packard , initial university programs focused on engineering and business, and classes were held in

3700-485: The structure's usages are different. Miramont Castle , which was the site of the Montcalm Sanitarium , is now a museum. National Methodist Sanatorium evolved into a building for the Ent Air Force Base and its site is now part of the United States Olympic Training Center . People also came to Colorado for the restorative benefits of its "clean air and sunshine." Starting in the 1860s, when tuberculosis (TB)

3774-531: The surface of the park were mine shafts and the pool was slipping into one of them. The sinkhole was filled and the pool braced when tons of concrete was poured into the shafts. Grace Center for Athletics is a 25-acre sports complex of St. Mary's High School for baseball, soccer, football, track and field, field hockey, lacrosse. It is used by the school and by non-profit organizations for children of Southern Colorado. Cragmor Sanatorium The town of Colorado Springs, Colorado , played an important role in

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3848-444: The town. On May 27, 1922, a cloudburst flood, the most severe since 1880, occurred along Templeton Gap , a semi-circular basin surrounded by hills, and through Papeton. Papeton's streets were covered by up to 5 feet (1.5 m) of water. Barns, fences, and streets were washed out. Subsequently, there were water development construction projects by the federal government to protect Colorado Springs and Papeton from floods. An airstrip

3922-592: The university with the military to improve national security . Other programs, including the CU Institute for Bioenergetics and the Institute for Science and Space Studies, cast an eye toward the future. In 2001, UCCS purchased an 87,000-square-foot (8,100 m ) building at the corner of Union and Austin Bluffs to house the Beth-El College of Nursing. The former Katherine Bates Elementary School at 702 Cragmor Road

3996-470: Was Dr. Boswell P. Anderson, who was a former Colorado Midland Railway physician. His assistant was Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner and the matron and head nurse was Sarah Callahan, RN. It was located at 2200 N. Tejon in the North End addition. In 1893, Marie Gwynne Glockner gave the sanatorium to the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, who were brought in for their care-giving and professional skills. In 1903,

4070-637: Was Dr. S. Edwin Solly. The matron was Mary E. Dean, RN. In 1900, it became the National Deaconess Sanitarium, sponsored by the Methodist Church. It evolved into the Beth-El Hospital in 1911 and ultimately Memorial Hospital in 1943. The National Methodist Sanatorium was a 1926 building on a 29-acre (12 ha) tract east of the "Nurse's Home" of the Beth-El General Hospital's medical complex. The City of Colorado Springs bought

4144-434: Was a Cragmor area mine. The plat for the town was filed on May 13, 1901 in which Pape divided up the land for the town into 180 lots. The town—bounded by the present El Paso Street, Templeton Gap Road, and Fillmore Street—had a steel company, power plant, farms, and a large greenhouse. Its street names were after states, like Virginia and Pennsylvania. Plans for a new two-room schoolhouse were made in 1908. A social program

4218-471: Was a sanatorium operated by the proprietor and manager, the registered nurse Florence E Standish. Founded in 1912, it treated tuberculosis and had 35 beds. The Nordrach Ranch Sanitarium was Colorado's first open-air sanatorium in which patients stayed in tents on the grounds of the facility. It operated from 1901 to 1903. Nordrach was founded by Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of city limits at Austin Bluffs. Dr. E. J. White

4292-435: Was a worldwide problem, physicians in the eastern United States recommended that their patients go to Colorado to regain their health. As a result, the number of people with tuberculosis, called "lungers", in the state grew substantially and without the services or facilities to support their needs. Tuberculosis was called consumption "because its symptoms consumed those who had it." In Denver, not knowing how to manage

4366-748: Was built on 320 acres owned by the Colorado Springs Company west of Papeton by Winfield E. Bowersox, who learned to fly and attained his pilot's license in 1913 from the Wright Aviation School . The airstrip was about four blocks from the end of the street car line. Papeton was adjacent to the Nichols Field in the 1950s. In 1954, the Venetian Village subdivision was established between Templeton Gap , Columbine and Hancock Roads with streets named for flowers, like Primrose and Larkspur. It

4440-457: Was completed in the early 1960s. Then, the initial instances of subsidence began, such as one on Mount View Lane in 1963. In another case, a dog died when the earth sunk in the backyard and the resulting falling dirt suffocated the animal. In 1979, earth sunk into an old mine shaft by a fourplex on Magnolia Street in the Cragmor area. The residents had to evacuate, and the building braced. The City of Colorado Springs began to annex sections of

4514-539: Was designed with two churches and a shopping center. The land was purchased from the Venetucci family, who had operated a farm for 33 years and had a house in Papeton. Property values increased 20.85% between 2016 and 2017, increasing from a median value of $ 130,645 to $ 158,730. Among several annexations of what had been Papeton, Papeton Addition of 0.76 acres (0.31 ha) was annexed into Colorado Springs on January 1, 1968. It

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4588-410: Was implemented about 1919 by Professor A. P. R. Drucker and his students from Colorado College for immigrants to teach English, civics, history, and math. Wrestling and boxing classes were also taught as part of the program. Nick Venetucci worked on the family farm in Papeton, where his Italian-born father was a coal-miner. Nick's brother died in an explosion on the farm. In 1942, 200 people lived in

4662-594: Was on Colorado Spring's North Cascade Avenue. Horn became the president of the Colorado State Medical Society in 1877. There was a Colorado Springs Sanitarium and Hotel in the city in 1892. In 1903, the Colorado Springs Sanitarium and the Horn's Mineral Springs and Sanitarium were located at 1210 Lincoln Avenue and run by Dr. Thomas G. Horn. Colorado Springs Sanitarium was located downtown in

4736-401: Was one of several small towns—like Ivywild , Pikeview and Roswell —to become part of Colorado Springs. Cragmor, Colorado Cragmor , first known as Cragmoor , is an area in northeastern Colorado Springs, Colorado , between Templeton Gap and Austin Bluffs . A coal mining site during the 19th century, the area became known as the Cragmor around the turn of the century because

4810-507: Was open to the general public and offered long-term skilled nursing and assisted living for seniors and disabled veterans, as well as hospice care. The Union Printers Home was closed as a care facility in February 2020. It was purchased in June 2021 by a group of local, civic-minded Colorado Springs families to be reimagined into something new. The Modern Woodmen of America Sanatorium was a facility of

4884-474: Was open-air throughout all seasons and patients might find themselves in snow. Its members received treatment free of charge. Between 1909 and 1947, the facility cared for 12,000 patients. It was the Pikes Peak region's largest sanatorium. The 1400-acre complex had a main building, administration building, auditorium, 24 homes, and a heating plant. Two reservoirs, fed by three mountain streams, supplied water for

4958-452: Was president, W. B. Price was vice-president, and M. E. Harper was secretary. Red Crags Manor was built by Dr. William Bell, a founding father of Manitou Springs. It was made into a sanatorium. It was located one mile east of Manitou Springs. In 1916, the sanatorium was owned and operated by Mrs. Lilia P. Sawin, a nurse. The building is now a bed and breakfast. The Colorado Midland Railway clinic or St. Francis Hospital, built in 1887,

5032-452: Was quarried nearby. It had electricity and indoor plumbing. Father Francolon invited the Sisters of Mercy to use his home for a tuberculosis treatment facility. Their first patient arrived in August 1895 and the next year they built the sanitarium. The offered good food, clean lodging, and care to patients who were not very seriously ill and by 1896 taught music lessons. From 1900 to 1904, Miramont

5106-412: Was razed to create dormitory housing for the campus, which is scheduled to be completed by fall 2017. There are also plans for the five-story housing project, The Lookout on Cragmor at 10 Cragmor Village Road. In what is now Central Colorado Springs, the Cragmor neighborhood is located by the UCCS campus. Cragmor is divided in two areas by Austin Bluffs. The South Cragmor neighborhood is located south of

5180-423: Was renamed St. Francis Health Center when it merged with Penrose Hospital in 1989. The hospital treated trauma patients until 1994 and mentally ill patients until 2010. The Star Ranch in the Pines Sanatorium was founded in 1903. H. C. Goodson was the medical director of the 50-bed tuberculosis treatment facility. Sunnyrest Sanitarium Sunnyrest was a sanitarium for men, women, and children run by five Sisters of

5254-409: Was the administrator of the hospital from 1887 to 1890, when she went to Denver to build the St. Anthony Hospital, which opened in 1893. They treated patients at the first small building, which was a clinic for the Colorado Midland Railway, and shortly after their arrival received an influx of patients due to a train accident that injured 60 people and killed several people. Realizing the need for

5328-452: Was the city's first hospital. It was located at Pikes Peak Avenue and Prospect Street and among other health issues, it treated tuberculosis. Sisters from the St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration of Lafayette, Indiana , came to Colorado Springs to provide medical aid to the new city. The women were Sisters Mary Huberta Duennebacke, Mary Silveria, Mary Notberga, and Mary Kunigunda Neuhoff. Sister Huberta

5402-470: Was used by people who came to the Colorado Springs area to cure their tuberculosis. The hut is located at the corner of Jackson Street and Cascade Avenue. The Idlewold, also spelled Idlewild, was located at 311 North Logan. It was established in 1912 and the superintendent was Lois Shardlow, RN. Her sister, also a nurse, assisted in the management of the home. The facility had 10 rooms, all with sleeping porches, and treated patients with tuberculosis. It

5476-463: Was vacant. That sanitarium was burned down due to an electrical fire in 1907 and patients moved into the Miramont Castle building. It used about a dozen open-air TB huts until about 1923. One of the huts was donated to the museum in 1998 is located on the museum grounds. Between 1928 and 1946, the castle was used by the Sisters as a luxury boarding house, a retreat for clergy, and stood vacant. It

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