1898 Gibson Mansion in Canon City, Colorado

When we moved to Pueblo West from Littleton, Colorado I made several trips to Canon City trying to decide where I want to set up permanent residence. There is a beautiful home called the Gibson Mansion in Canon City (not for sale) that I would drive by every time I was in Canon City as I just wanted to stare at it. I took family and friends sometimes telling them all that I would love to see the inside of this home. My birthday this past month was on a Friday, the weather in Pueblo West was supposed to be nasty so I had said, "I'll celebrate on Saturday by going somewhere and doing something." Well, on my birthday, Friday, the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper had an article showing this mansion and how a local organization was having a fund raiser to raise money for disabled children. The fund raiser would be a tour of this mansion! It was going to be on Saturday, the day after my birthday! My husband said this wasn't his thing so I invited my mom. My father-in-law let me borrow his beautiful BMW which is very old and kept in great shape. So, mom and I went to tour the mansion and had a wonderful time. The Gibson mansion is so beautiful. The wood was hand carved, there are a variety of hidden stairways taking you to different parts of the house, the ballroom was on the 3rd floor, they had people dancing and dressed from that era. Mom commented on how you couldn't feel the floor move while they were dancing. The whole house was wooden flooring. There was one bathroom that was an original with beautiful tile on the walls and floor; it was pointed out that this house had one of the first modern bathrooms. The windows were done in lead with beautiful glass paint. There was a fireplace in one parlor with the original tiles and the design was carried out in the room on the walls and hand carved in to a stairway. You'll see that in the pictures. I'm sure there is more for me to say but I'll go ahead and share the pictures for now. I have also included a link on the title so you can go to the website where the photos are stored and see them in a larger format. If you do this, please click on the slide show on that page as that does justice to these photos.