Briarhurst Manor, also known as William A. Bell House, Dr. William A. Bell was the Co-Founder of The Denver & Rio Grande Railway and founder of Manitou Springs. The house is a finely grained pink Victorian sandstone manor house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Manitou Springs Manitou Springs, Colorado. It is the second building on this site.Construction of the original Briarhurst began in 1872. Dr.