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“THE CITY OF HOMES”

Denver’s Historic Neighborhoods

HOW THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THE DECADES

Evolution of Denver Homes

Early Denver Settlement

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Carpenter Gothic Houses (c.1870) Street Car Suburban Development

1880s-1890s 1880s-1900s

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1890s-1900s 1910-1920

Denver Neighborhoods & Historic Districts

•Denver’s first street -c ar suburb

•Common Style in Curtis Park:

•Italianate

•Queen Anne

•Second Empire

•Romanesque

•Carpenter Gothic

Curtis Park Neighborhood & Historic District

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Curtis Park Curtis Park

•Histori c distr i c ts within Highlan ds Neighborh o od :

•Potter Highlands; Ghost; Wolff •Architec tur al Styles:

•Queen Anne •Craftsman Bungalow •Classic Cottage •Denver Square •Colonial and Dutch Revival •Mission •Prairie style

Highlands/West Highlands Neighborhood

Potter Highlands Historic District

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Potter Highlands Historic District Wolff & Ghost Historic Districts

Wolff (Left) & Ghost (Right) Historic District

•H i s t o r i c d i s t r i c t s w i t h i n C a p H i l l

•Sherman – Grant

•Quality hill

•Pennsylvania street

•Wyman (largest Historic District)

•A r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e s

•Romanesque

•Queen Anne

•Denver Square

•Art Deco

•Italianate

•Contemporary buildings (apartments, office space, etc.)

Capitol Hill Neighborhood

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Capitol Hill - Sherman Grant, Quality Hill, Pennsylvania Street

Capitol Hill Neighborhood Sherman Grant, Quality Hill, Pennsylvania Street Historic District

Capitol Hill Neighborhood Wyman Historic District

Capitol Hill Neighborhood Wyman Historic District

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•One of Denver’s larges t Historic Distric t

•Developmen t influenc ed by City Beautiful

•Architec tural Styles :

•Neoclassical

•Colonial Revival

•Mediterranean Revival

East 7th Ave Neighborhood & Historic District

East 7th Avenue

East 7th Avenue

•Architec tural Styles :

•Denver Square

•Gothic Revival

•Colonial Revival

•Mediterranean Revival

• Other 20th century eclectic revival styles

Country Club Neighborhood & Historic District

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Country Club Country Club

•Architec tural Styles :

•Queen Anne

•Italianate

•Classical Revival

•Dutch Colonial Revival

•Denver Square

Baker Neighborhood & Historic District

Baker

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Baker

•Architec tur al Styles:

•TB Homes bungalow style

•Vernacular houses

•Queen Anne

•Foursquare

•Neoclassical

•Bungalows

•Tudor Revival

Montclair Neighborhood & Historic District

Montclair Montclair

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Park Hill Neighborhood - Undesignated

Architectural Styles: Queen Anne

Italianate

Arts and Crafts Bungalows

Denver Square

Ranch homes

Colonial, Tudor, Mediterranean Revival

Midcentury Modern

Whittier - Undesignated

Architectural Styles:

Queen Anne

Tudor Revival

Denver Square

Bungalow

Dutch Colonial

Washington Park - Undesignated

• Development influenced by City Beautiful

• Architectural Styles:

Classical Revival style

Craftsman

Italianate