Wheeler Bank
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| Location | 717-719 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 38°51′25″N 104°54′54″W / 38.85694°N 104.91500°W |
| Architect | MacFarlane & Co. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque and Italian Villa |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000898 |
| Added to NRHP | 1980[1] |
Wheeler Bank is a historic building located on Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs, Colorado built by Jerome B. Wheeler. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Over the course of its history, the building has been a financial institution, auditorium and retail business.[2]
Built in 1888 for Jerome B. Wheeler, a Colorado mining baron and financier, the building was Manitou Springs's first bank.[3][4]
The building is a combination of Romanesque Revival and Italian Villa architectural styles. The first floor shows two different facades. For the 717 Manitou Avenue address, there are heavy arches, with a half-circle leaded glass window at the top of each arch. The facade for the other half of the building, with the 719 Manitou Avenue address, is a recessed storefront. Between the two is an entry to the stairway to the second and third floors. The second- and third-floor facades are symmetrical across the two halves of the building, with windows set in a 3-1-3 pattern across both floors. The interior of the third floor spans both buildings and was originally an opera house; it has since been converted to an apartment. The red brick exterior, as of 2013, was painted a cream-buff color with red trim.[5]
