University Properties

1902

General Palmer donates 100 acres for the site of a sanatorium, along with  $50,000 of the $200,000 needed to complete the project.

1904

Construction on Cragmor Sanatorium begins.

Cragmor opened its doors to its first patient.

1914

Main Building opened (now “Main Hall”).

1925

UCCS began conducting classes downtown on North Nevada, the “Colorado Springs Extension Center” in a former Colorado College fraternity house.

1927

South Hall opened at the Cragmor Sanatorium (later demolished in 1980), it served as a nurses’ dorm.

1959

Moved administrator’s office from a Palmer High School broom closet to a  former School District 11.

1959

Cragmor Manor (now Cragmor Hall) opened as a combination nursing home and senior citizen facility.

1962

Leased portions of 2 buildings at Colorado College, the former fraternity house and a former residence hall, “Jackson House”.

George T. Dwire offered a solution to the university’s space problem with the  purchase of Cragmor Sanatorium and over 80 acres for $1 a year. There were 3 major buildings (Main Hall, Cragmor Manor, and the South Hall), 4 residence cottages, a storage house, large garage.

1965

The Extension Center moved to Cragmor, tuition was $13 per credit hour.

Dwire Hall opened.

1976

Kramer Family Library opened.

University Center and Library Building opened.

The Four Diamonds Sports Complex opened.

1981

Gallery of Contemporary Art opened.

1982

Heller Art Gallery opened.

1985

Engineering Building opened.

1988

University Center expansion completed.

1996

Campus Services Building opened.

1996

Housing 1st Phase Completed (Keystone, Breckenridge, Aspen, Lodge, Monarch).

1997

Housing 2nd Phase completed (Vail, Steamboat, Telluride).

1997

Heller Property donated.

1998

Family Development Center opened.

1999

Eagle Rock Modular's set-up for the Beth-El College of Nursing.

2000

University Center Pavilion opened.

2001

El Pomar Center opened.

2002

University Hall reopened after renovation.