# Higby garage (about 1912) and post office (1960-1975), Monument

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/higby-garage-about-1912-and-post-office-1960-1975-monument/

- Kind: Stores, hotels and other businesses before 1950
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0914, -104.8725 (street address)

- Updated: 2026-10-17

## What we know

Monument's first garage, built about 1912-13, when the Model T caught on, by W. E. Higby, with J. M. Umberger as its first mechanic (Lavelett, S-0011, p. 110; a photograph of 'The Monument Garage, 1st in Monument - ca 1914', p. 112). The society's walking tour gives the names as J. W. Higby and J. W. Umberger, and adds that the building was Monument's first post office building, from 1960 to 1975 (S-0235). Model T's had 'a hard time pulling up-hill from Denver to Monument', which kept the town's garages busy (p. 110).

## Where it was

106 Second Street (PLHS walking tour, S-0235), El Paso County address point (EPCPortalLocator2026, 2026-10-14), on the building at that address in OpenStreetMap. Lavelett: 'located where the Snack House was in 1974' (S-0011, p. 110). Good to about 30 feet.

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

## Sources

- S-0002: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0002
- S-0011: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0011
- S-0103: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0103
- S-0104: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0104
- S-0235: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0235

## Nearby

- [Saloon, 225 Washington Street (1895)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/saloon-225-washington-street-1895/): 0.0 mi south
- [Woodmen Hall and the old town hall, Monument](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/woodmen-hall-and-the-old-town-hall-monument/): 0.0 mi northeast
- [Higby Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/higby-store/): 0.0 mi north
- [Dunshee Block](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/dunshee-block/): 0.0 mi west
- [Monument](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/monument/): 0.0 mi northwest
- [Shops at 317-319 Second Street](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/shops-at-317-319-second-street/): 0.0 mi west

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.