Called "the College" it held all the offices, classrooms, a library, auditorium, and more for the burgeoning school.

William Jackson Palmer, realizing the importance of the college to the new city, provided the funding necessary to complete construction of the building.

The college also taught students for the affiliated Cutler Academy, a preparatory school.

The bell was rung vigorously at the end of World War II by Marine students.

[5] The hall was renovated in 1937 for college administrative offices, and geology classes were still conducted in the building.

[5] The American Institute of Architects named Culter Hall as one of the top 20 buildings in the Pikes Peak Region.