[2] Built in 1888 for Jerome B. Wheeler, a Colorado mining baron and financier, the building was Manitou Springs's first bank.

[3][4] The building is a combination of Romanesque Revival and Italian Villa architectural styles.

The facade for the other half of the building, with the 719 Manitou Avenue address, is a recessed storefront.

The second- and third-floor facades are symmetrical across the two halves of the building, with windows set in a 3-1-3 pattern across both floors.

The interior of the third floor spans both buildings and was originally an opera house; it has since been converted to an apartment.