This two part building was associated for more than sixty years
with the ice and coal business in Colorado Springs, and later
as a creamery.
The taller brick corner section was used for cold storage; the
stone wing to the north contained freezing tanks, ice storage
and boilers with tall chimneys. W. M. Banning was proprietor in
1910; his daughter, Ruth Banning took over as manager after his
death in 1914. Dividing responsibilities between the Ice and Coal
Company and the Banning family ranch south of Colorado Springs,
she married Raymond "Pinky" Lewis in 1921. Their holdings eventually
grew to encompass nearly 40,000 acres.
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