Second Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

(Outline approximate.)

This was the site of the "second" Manitou Bath House, a large, distinctive building in the Queen Anne style. It offered heated baths using mineral water from the Navajo Spring, and also featured an indoor swimming pool.

It was built in 1883 by the Manitou Mineral Water Bath and Park Company (later the Manitou Mineral Water Company) at a cost of $20,000. It replaced the "first" Manitou Bath House, a much smaller building located just across Fountain Creek to the west. It was itself replaced by the "new" Bath House, more commonly known as the Spa, in 1920. It was demolished in 1921.

Featured in the Manitou Springs Historic Plaque Walking Tour: www.manitouspringsgov.com/library/documents/general/map...

Historic photos:

digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15330coll...
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Categories: historical layer / disappeared object
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Coordinates:  38°51'31"N 104°55'1"W
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