# Santa Fe section foreman's house

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/santa-fe-section-foremans-house/

- Kind: Railroad stations, depots and structures
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1202, -104.9163 (street address)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Built about 1892 by the Santa Fe for its Palmer Lake section foreman; given by the Santa Fe to the Palmer Lake Historical Society on April 3, 1961 and moved across the tracks next to the Town Hall that October; the community library and museum opened in it on Feb. 22, 1964, and it became town offices in 1982 when the Lucretia Vaile Library-Museum opened (Marian McDonough and Grace Best in Sabin, S-0019, pp. 114-15, 128; the library's cataloger gives 1962). It is the 1976 survey's 'library & museum' (B53); the town police station in 2026, per the library's cataloger (PPLD record of survey B53).

## Where it was

54 Valley Crescent (PPLD record of survey photo B53), El Paso County parcel (county composite locator, 2026-10-05).

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

## Nearby

- [Palmer Lake](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/palmer-lake/): 0.1 mi north
- [Wilson's Store and Bakery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/wilsons-store-and-bakery/): 0.2 mi southwest
- [Cliff House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cliff-house/): 0.2 mi southwest
- [Little Log Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/little-log-church/): 0.2 mi northwest
- [Pillsbury Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pillsbury-store/): 0.2 mi southwest
- [D&RG icehouses, Palmer Lake](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/d-and-rg-icehouses-palmer-lake/): 0.2 mi northeast

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