El Paso Livery (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

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This was the site of the "Big Barn" of the historic El Paso Livery, a.k.a. the Hutchinson and Sawin livery, in the late 19th century.

History:

What would later become the El Paso Livery began as the "Manitou Livery", founded by Austin Hutchinson circa 1873.

Hutchinson was later joined as a partner by Walter D. Sawin.

In the 1880s it became the "Hutchinson, Williams and Company" livery, operated by Hutchinson and A.B. Williams.

The Big Barn, which was at least the third barn to be built on the site, was built circa 1887.

Circa 1889 it became the "El Paso Livery", operated by Williams and Sawin.

In the early 1890s Williams was replaced by Hutchinson, restoring the original partnership of Hutchinson and Sawin. They continued to operate under the "El Paso Livery" name.

In the late 1890s Hutchinson and Sawin bought out Wallace Gould's "Manitou Livery" (now Venue 515) at 515 Manitou Avenue.

The Big Barn burned down in 1899, after which the old Gould livery became Hutchinson and Sawin's primary stable. The site of the Big Barn was subsequently redeveloped, first as the office for Hutchinson and Sawin's "Manitou Livery Company", and then later as another stable.

The Manitou Livery Company merged with the Manitou Transfer Company after the latter's stable burned down in 1904, becoming Hutchinson and Columbia's Manitou Livery and Transfer Company.

Manitou Livery and Transfer merged with the Pioneer Livery circa 1914 to form the Pioneer and Manitou Livery. The name was later changed to "Manitou and Pioneer Transfer", then back to "Manitou Transfer".