09/06/2026
🐴 2020 VERSUS 2026: Historic Old Livery Stable (Fountain, Colorado). Built in 1893, the Old Livery Stable housed horses for nearby hotel guests. Automobiles ended the need for the stable. The hotel suffered a fire in the 1940s and was later demolished so the land could be used for other purposes. Only the Old Livery remains as a testament to those times.
The Old Livery Stable was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 2, 1979, due to its architectural significance.
The NRHP nomination states that the stable is:
“a vestige of the life and commerce of an earlier day in Fountain. Although vernacular in style, the architecture is of particular interest. The thick, heavy walls; the use of crude stones; the massiveness of the construction; and the integrated use of the dormer and cupola in a stable all reflect a time and a place where there was relatively little architectural knowledge, a time and a place where the builders drew on their rough experiences to build a utilitarian structure to serve the hotel trade.”
📍Old Livery Stable:
217 W. Missouri
Fountain, CO
📸 Pictures 1-4: Taken November 2020.
📸 Pictures 4+: Taken August 2026. Check out that new roof and front windows!🙂
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