You are here

Colorado » The Arkansas » El Paso County » Colorado Springs » Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Education Center

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Education Center

-A A +A
1926. 4200 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Rd.
  • (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

After a monkey from the Broadmoor Hotel menagerie bit a guest, the monkey and its companions were moved to this nearby Cheyenne Mountain site, which still maintains a lively primate population. Spencer Penrose founded this zoo, which remains privately owned. A large stone, stucco, and half-timbered lodge serves as the education center. Other structures have been built in the Pueblo Revival style, incorporating passive solar features to help warm animals in this unusual montane setting.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,