Palmer Divide Research

Burrows Cabin

Historic homes and cabinsHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Two-story log house built about 1949 by Joe Burrows from trees on the property, cut at his own sawmill; walls insulated with shavings from trimming the logs, pegged floors (PPLD record of survey B28; the 1987 Black Forest Preservation Plan's Map 2 No. 19).

Where it was

6750 Burrows Road (PPLD record of survey photo B28), El Paso County address point (county locator, 2026-10-05).

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

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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 Burrows Cabin?

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.