CHEYENNE — It's disheveled, but still proud, with clean lines built of red, Ashlar-cut sandstone blocks that historical records suggest were carted in from the Horsetooth Reservoir.

It’s the same red sandstone that was used to build the historic Cheyenne Depot. And it’s the same Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, characterized by a grand, monumental appearance that draws from Roman antiquity.

That architecture has helped make the former Union Pacific Depot a focal point in Cheyenne’s downtown. Unlike the Depot, which was restored in the early 2000s, Cheyenne’s Historic Pumphouse hasn’t found a champion yet.

It needs someone willing to spend the $4 million it will take to restore the building to its former glory.

Weeds have sprung up all around the pumphouse like some crazy, cast-as

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