Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse, Railroad roundhouse in Colorado Springs, US
The Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse is a 14-stall railroad roundhouse built of stone in 1887–88, located on US Highway 24 at 21st Street in Colorado Springs. Its original stone walls and wood timber frame remain, and the former track door openings now hold glass windows. The 38,000-square-foot building was gutted and renovated into a retail center.
The Colorado Midland Railroad built this 14-stall roundhouse in 1887–1888. After the World War I Railroad War Board rerouted its traffic to the Denver and Rio Grande Western, the Colorado Midland shut down in 1917 and went bankrupt in 1918. The Midland Terminal Railway bought the Colorado Springs–Divide portion in 1921 and operated the roundhouse until 1949.
The building's name comes from the Midland Terminal Railway, which ran trains here from 1921 until 1949. Van Briggle Pottery then used the former locomotive bays as a pottery plant called the Midland Plant until 2008. The track door openings now hold glass windows, a detail visible from US Highway 24.
The roundhouse sits on 21st Street between Manitou Springs and downtown Colorado Springs, conveniently located near US Highway 24. The building is easy to reach and offers clear views of its historical rail infrastructure.
Van Briggle Pottery bought the roundhouse in 1955 and called it its Midland Plant, making art pottery there until moving out in November 2008. The company reopened at 1024 S. Tejon Street in May 2009. The building was later gutted back to its original stone walls and wood timber frame.
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