McAllister House (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

McAllister House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Location	423 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coordinates	38°50′21″N 104°49′26″W / 38.83917°N 104.82389°W / 38.83917; -104.82389Coordinates: 38°50′21″N 104°49′26″W / 38.83917°N 104.82389°W / 38.83917; -104.82389
Built	1873[1]
Architect	George Summers
Architectural style	English
NRHP Reference #	73000472
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1973

The McAllister House is a historic house located on 423 N. Cascade Ave. in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1973. It was owned by Henry McAllister and was opened as a public museum in 1961.

The McAllister House was one of the first houses or buildings in colorado springs. Even the trees around it were not there for years. It was a house built to last with 20 inch thick walls. Henry McAlister had saw the massive blizzards that colorado had to offer. The building of the house was delayed due to McAllister's train derailing on the way to colorado.

The architecture of the house was quite strange. Back during the construction of the house closets were taxed as rooms. This meant that the McAllisters would only have a closet. Instead of closets the had chests and crates. The Glass also slides up in the house and functions as a door. The banister is very short for the needs of Elizibeth McAllister's need, being very short.

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