Palmer Divide Research

Gammon house

Historic homes and cabinsLiving todayEl Paso County

What we know

Twelve-room house built in 1905 by Lem Gammon, who opened Ramah's first store and his own bank after the Rock Island came and was in the legislature by 1908 (PPLD record of survey A38).

Where it was

10 S. Commercial Street, Ramah (PPLD record of survey photo A38), El Paso County parcel (county composite locator, 2026-10-05).

A street address, located with the county's address points.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Gammon house?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.