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• 1 media/Cragmor in Snow 1.jpg 2016-04-11T11:55:27-07:00 Main Building 19 Main Building image_header 2016-05-01T13:36:08-07:00 Main Building
  Cragmor was ready to take on more patients and needed a centerpiece for their health resort. By the end of 1912, Dr. Forster had received enough donations from grateful patients to construct the main building. Thomas MacLaren, and his original Sun Palace design were ignored and instead Forster brought in an architect by the name of George Edward Barton to design the building. His design was called the Maltese cross.
  
  Construction was scheduled to begin in 1913, but before ground was broken, Barton's health declined and he passed away. It was decided anyways that Barton's design was just too costly, so MacLaren was brought back into the picture. Cragmor Palace II was born, but in 1914 the bids for the new building were so low they immediately extended the intended length of the building. The plan sounded great! But for some reason, it just faded away.
  
  In the end, a three-story structure of Spanish design that cost $80,000 was built. It was completed in October of 1914 and increased the patient capacity to sixty. Since there was no extra money to incorporate the extravagant rooms, reception hall or tennis courts, MacLaren added an elegant touch of his own: the only roof garden in Colorado Springs. 
  
  In August of 1919 a new three-story addition southwest of the main building was approved for another $80,000, but ground was never broken. In February of 1920, however, construction of a fourth floor to the main building began instead which increased patient capacity to 105.
  
  
  
  There were many other additions to the main building that helped improve the patient’s livelihood. These additions include a library, a barber shop and beauty salon, a post office, combination grocery and drug store and its own school. 
• 1 2016-04-27T14:37:50-07:00 End of an Era 4 plain 2016-04-28T11:27:53-07:00
  As Cragmor closed its doors to ailing patients, a member of its Board of Directors, George Dwire, pondered what to do with the property. He considered just turning over the assets to the state of Colorado for free and also using it as a place to rehabilitate crippled children, but neither option prevailed. Instead, on June 15, 1964, the University of Colorado obtained the property.
  
  Overall, a total of $9.2 million was used to renovate the location. The North wall and roof were torn off, the floors were removed, and the walls were all gutted to the main building alone; only three original fireplaces were what was left of the once reputable Cragmor. Due to these major renovations, for the first time in Colorado Springs’ history, the Cragmor site was removed from the National Register of Historical Places.
  
  Today, over 12,000 students and staff roam the bluffs, unaware of the area’s rich past.