By Shannon Lukens for Steamboat Radio News/Birchwood Communications LLC.
The Parkinson Cabin along Highway 40 at Casey’s Pond is being added to the Steamboat Springs Register of Historic Places. There is a dedication at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 22.
The cabin was built in 1890 and was on Pine Street. It was a home and used to be used as a grade school classroom before becoming the Welcoming Center for Steamboat.
The dedication also includes a salute to local veterans, singing of the national anthem and the celebration of the United States’ 250th birthday, Colorado’s 150th birthday, and the incorporation of Steamboat Springs in 1900.
More information on the history of the cabin is below.
Press Release on the Parkinson Cabin; May 18, 2026.
The Steamboat Springs Historic Preservation Commission will dedicate the Parkinson Cabin at Casey’s Pond on the corner of S. Lincoln and Walton Creek Road to the Steamboat Springs Register of Historic Places at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 22.
The Friday event will include the formal dedication of the Parkinson Cabin, a salute to Veterans with the distribution of poppies and the singing of the National Anthem by Tina Rozwadowski, and recognition of the United States’ 250th birthday, Colorado’s 150th birthday and incorporation of the City of Steamboat Springs in 1900. Birthday cupcakes will be served. The Parkinson Cabin will be open for viewing.
The Parkinson Cabin was built in 1890 with square logs and chinking between 5th and 6th on Pine as the winter home for the Parkinson family. In 1897 when the Steamboat schools extended to K-12, the building was used as needed for lst through 3rd grades. In 1977, the City of Steamboat Springs requested the owner of the cabin to move it or tear it down. Mr. Probst, the then owner, gave it to the Chamber of Commerce. The cabin was moved to its current location and used as the Welcoming Center for the City. The corner of Walton Creek Road and S. Lincoln is considered to some as the southeast entrance to Steamboat Springs and is the first 4-way stop light coming from Rabbit Ears Pass and CO-131. The exact date that the Chamber ceased using the cabin and City became its owner is unknown.
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For further information Contact Caitlin Berube-Smith, Historic Preservation Planner, 970-871-8228 or cberubesmith@steamboatsprings.net