National and State Register

Jackson House

El Paso County

The 1900 Jackson House is associated with the development of the residential neighborhood directly east of Colorado College, an area of wealthy city residents who would became benefactors of the college.  

A view of the house from the front with large porch beneath and above with sloping roof building and dormers with arched windows above.

Jackson House 

The building was donated to Colorado College in 1914 and became its administration building, later serving as a dormitory.  During World War II, the college was the site of a Navy-Marine training unit, and the Jackson House was one of the facilities converted to meet Navy housing requirements.