Palmer Divide Research

Billy Paul barn

Ranches and homesteadsHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Gambrel-roofed barn with two cupolas on the ranch of William (Billy) Paul, 'a local potato king'; gone by 2026, per the library's cataloger (PPLD record of survey B9; the 1987 Black Forest Preservation Plan's Map 2 No. 24, 'Billy Paul Barn').

Where it was

'East and north of the intersection of Meridian and Forest Green roads' (PPLD record of survey photo B9); placed on Old Barn Road, which the cataloger thinks was named for the barn. Good to about a quarter mile.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

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 Billy Paul barn?

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.