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Foster House Stage Station and Hotel Site

Las Animas County

The Foster House Stage Station and Hotel began as a small stage stop and freighter’s stop on the Denver and Santa Fe Stage Trail.  In addition to the stage stop, by 1872 it served as a hotel and post office. 

A view of the building obscured by leafless trees and a brown field before it with wheel tracks.

Foster House Stage Station and Hotel Site

James and Susan Foster homesteaded the area and operated the hotel and stage station business along with a cattle ranch.  The 1872 two-story central passage double-pile adobe residence, hotel, and station was built by David Henry of Trinidad.  The hotel later served as a center for tubercular patients.

National Register

Address

Address restricted Aguilar Vicinity

Site Number

5LA.11224