Judson Moss Bemis House
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Judson Moss Bemis House | |
 Judson Moss Bemis House | |
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| Location | 506 N. Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 38°50′28.56″N 104°49′31.05″W / 38.8412667°N 104.8252917°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Joseph Dozier, W. F. Ellis |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000598 |
| CSRHP No. | 5EP.196 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 1979[1] |
| Designated CSRHP | 1979[2] |
Judson Moss Bemis House, also known as Hearthstone Inn, is a historic Queen Anne house in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Judson Moss Bemis and his wife, Alice Cogswell Bemis, moved to Colorado Springs in 1881 for her health. She may have had tuberculosis. (See Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs).[4]
The house was built in 1885 and became the permanent home of Alice Bemis and their daughter, Alice; Judson Moss Bemis lived in the home several months a year and conducted business and lived the rest of the year in Boston. He was the founder of J. M. Bemis Company.[4]
In Colorado Springs, Bemis founded the Business Administration and Banking School, was a trustee of Colorado College and donated monies for the Jackson and Bemis Halls. Alice Cogswell Bemis founded the Day Care Center in 1897. The couple's daughter, Alice Bemis Taylor, donated monies to Colorado College, helped fund the construction of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Colorado Springs Day Nursery, and provided scholarships. She was the first woman trustee of Colorado College, founded the Bemis-Taylor Child Guidance Clinic,[4] and in 2010 was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.[5]
