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Before April 1901, Denver had only one electric light and power plant to provide electricity for the city’s growing population. In March 1900, Charles F. LaCombe and his beneficiaries received a franchise to build an electric power plant, breaking the monopoly...
Prominently located in the Town of Windsor and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the four-story Windsor Mill was constructed in 1899 and used as a flour and feed mill until 1990. The building is a fine architectural representation of the progression...
Willowcroft Farm was added to the Colorado State Register of Historic Places in 1993 as an example of a complex rich in both architectural significance and social history. Pioneer, politician, and one of the most important early settlers in the Littleton area, Joseph...
Divided into two rooms with a removable door, the School held grades up to the 9th year. The lower grades shared a room, while the higher grades shared the other. Students came from all directions, and many rode horses and ponies that were kept in a small shelter...
The land for Cranmer Park was acquired in 1908, with the first recorded reference to any site development occurring in 1923, when construction began on the terrazzo terrace. At the time the park was named Mountain View Park given that the platform offers an excellent...
Located on the north side of Colfax Avenue near East High School, the Sullivan Gateway is an impressive and grand entry to the City Park Esplanade. Built in 1917, Sullivan Gateway was originally conceived by George Kessler in his 1906 plan for Denver City Parks....
The South Platte Hotel is under imminent threat of demolition. It is currently managed by Denver Water, which has owned the area near the confluence of the South Platte River and its North Fork. The South Platte Hotel is located in the North Fork Historic District and...
The mall was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm I.M. Pei & Partners of New York. The main features of I.M. Pei’s design include polychromatic patterned granite pavers, wide sidewalks, and a central tree-lined corridor. The mall opened on...
Two stone pillars along the business loop of U.S. Highway 34 west of Greeley are all that remain of what was once a 320-acre World War II prisoner-of-war camp. The camp was significant to the history of many communities in northeastern Colorado because German and...