About

The Shaw House is a symmetrical one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling in the Late Victorian Style. It has a footprint of 670 square feet, with a partial basement. The house is clad in artificial siding, and there is a brick chimney behind a large central dormer that displays a trio of three light panes over three light-pane windows with aluminum frames. Eaves are decorated with red braces. The façade faces west. A door to the south is mounted by 6 concrete stairs and a stoop. The front door is covered with a pedimented roof with support brackets. A large picture window flanked by 2 light panes over three light pane windows north of the front door. All windows are framed in redwood trim. There’s a bay window with a roof on the south elevation. The foundation is stone, and a wrought iron fence contains the front yard.

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Timeline

• 1900

  The first structure is constructed on the property.

• 1905

  Mr. and Mrs. W. G. and Julia A. Shaw were listed as the first occupants.

• 1944

  The home is incorporated into the Balzer Resubdivision on a triangular parcel of 8,425 square feet that is Lot F of Addition No. 5 to Colorado Springs.

Additional Resources

• 3 Beverly Place Research – a collection of documents compiled during the Historic Uptown Neighborhood’s historic preservation efforts.