Est. 1970 + Volume 45 + Number 2 + sprig 2016 Krisaa Park Movig Forward with Coservatio Overlay By Becca Dierschow, Preservatio ad Research Coordiator Whe Dever s zoig code was updated i 2010, the city moved from the traditioal, sigle use (or Euclidia) zoig code, which establishes zoe districts restricted by use. Istead, the city opted for a form-based zoig code, a model which is at the forefrot of urba plaig policy. Propoets of form-based zoig maitai that these codes are a superior zoig model because they idetify geographic areas or groups of areas ad create zoes for each that are based ot o uses, but o desired commuity character, itesity of lad use, ad built form. Ideed, as we ve see i Dever, may of our most popular eighborhoods such as Highlad, Lower Dowtow, ad Uptow, could ot have bee built uder our previous use-based zoig code, because they mix residetial, commercial, ad commual uses. The ew form-based code tries to foster mixed use commuities by dictatig buildig form (height, setback, desity) while icludig mixed uses as a itegral part of the code. As with ay large scale documet, there are a umber of tweaks to be made alog the way. After all, the documet does cover 153 square miles of lad. Now that eighbors have lived with the code for 6 years the city is seeig a umber of rezoig applicatios as people work to fid the most appropriate forms for their eighborhoods. Oe of the most promisig tools icluded i the ew zoig code is the coservatio overlay. A zoig overlay ca come i may differet forms, but essetially it provides a refiemet of the base zoig to more accurately reflect the desired patter of a eighborhood. A coservatio overlay idetifies key features of a existig eighborhood, ad, through specific zoig requiremets, shapes future developmet to be more compatible with those existig coditios. To date, there are four coservatio overlays i Dever, coverig parts of Curtis Park, Hilltop ad Highlad. Because a coservatio overlay is desiged to shape zoig for a particular cotext, these overlays are relatively small ad cover oly residetial properties i these eighborhoods. Coservatio overlays require the support of at least 51% of icluded ladowers. Coservatio overlays ca be simple, oly addressig oe characteristic of a eighborhood such as miimum lot size, as i Hilltop. Coservatio overlays ca also be more complex, as i Highlad, where they cover several characteristics such as roof height ad pitch ad side set back requiremets. Overlays do t ecessarily have to be more restrictive, either. I Curtis Park, the coservatio overlay is more permissive tha the uderlyig zoig, allowig larger garages or accessory dwellig uits tha allowed i the uderlyig urba residetial zoe district because this reflects the historical patter of developmet i the eighborhood. Oe proposed coservatio overlay curretly movig forward through the city process is i the Krisaa Park eighborhood. Historic Dever has bee workig with Krisaa Park i various capacities over the last few years, ad we are excited to see them move forward with this overlay proposal. Krisaa Park is a four block eclave of Midcetury Moder homes i Virgiia Village, desiged i a Califoria Cotemporary, Eichler-ispired style. Built i 1954, developer Brad Wolff declared that it was Dever s first properly plaed subdivisio. The homes were carefully sited o each lot to maximize outdoor space ad privacy. The homes were all oe story with carports ad large back patios. The homes feature low-pitched roofs with wide-overhagig eaves, large widows overlookig the backyard ad a ope floor pla. These desig features are all hallmarks of the Midcetury Moder style ad make Krisaa Park stad out amidst a sea of Miimal Traditioal Rach homes i southeast Dever. Two years ago, Historic Dever worked with the eighborhood to idetify the uique characteristics of the eighborhood. With a grat from the Natioal Trust for Historic Preservatio, we partered with the Ceter of Preservatio Research at the Uiversity of Colorado Dever to create the Krisaa Park Patter ad Desig Idea Book. This patter book traces the historical roots of both the eighborhood ad Midcetury cotiued o page 3 Historic Dever, Ic. 1420 Ogde Street Dever, CO 80218 No Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Dever, CO Permit No. 756
Historic Dever News FROM THE DIRECTOR Photo: Havey Productios BULLDOZERS have bee makig frequet appearaces i eighborhoods across the city over the last year ad 2015 statistics cofirm that there were more demolitio permits issued i Dever tha ay other year sice 2006, whe Dever s Ladmark Ordiace was ameded to provide a demolitio review provisio iteded to idetify potetially sigificat structures before their demise. Betwee Jauary ad October of 2015, 632 demolitios applicatios were submitted, as well as 105 Certificates of No-Historic Status (CNH) applicatios. Of these 737 applicatios, 34 were cosidered potetially eligible for idividual ladmark status. By year-ed, aother six potetially eligible properties were posted as part of a demolitio otice or Certificate of No-Historic Status. This geerated a lot of work for Historic Dever, ad obviously a lot of cocer i eighborhoods that struggled to respod. The fast-paced ature of the curret developmet cycle, ad recet preservatio cotroversies, have created cofusio about the demolitio review process, ad particularly the role of the Certificate of No-Historic Status. Sice the begiig of 2016 this cofusio has led more tha oe historic buildig ower to apply for a CNH whe it was ot eeded, which causes uecessary heartbur for both the owers ad the commuity. As a result, Historic Dever has bee workig to create educatioal resources about the demolitio review process, ad the protocols commuity members ca use to egage with property owers whe a property has bee posted as potetially eligible for historic desigatio as part of the demolitio review process. The Certificate of No-Historic Status was created as part of the demolitio review ordiace i 2006. It was iteded to give property owers the optio to gai certaity about a buildig s potetial for historic desigatio, eve if demolitio plas are ot immiet. Ulike a demolitio permit, a CNH is valid for five years ad rus with the property, ot the ower. Durig that five-year period the ower ca pursue a demolitio permit with o further historic review by city staff. A CNH is grated if a buildig does ot potetially meet two of out of the three required desigatio criteria (history, architecture ad geography), or if it does meet those criteria ad is posted for public otice, but receives o respose (i.e. a desigatio applicatio) from the commuity. A CNH is also grated if a desigatio applicatio is filed but is ot complete, or if a applicatio is ot approved by the Ladmark Commissio or City Coucil. Despite its ame, the CNH does ot automatically mea that the property has o historic merit. Ideed, after the five year CNH period the property could be recosidered for desigatio, or would at least be flagged agai if a ew CNH were filed. However, the most commo ad practical reasos property owers may apply for a CNH are if: demolitio is desired; a site is beig marketed for sale as a scrape site; or as part of a purchaser s due diligece if they are iterested i scrapig. I these circumstaces the CNH allows the ower to test the waters ad gauge the commuity setimet about a particular buildig. Based o the commuity s reactio, the ower ca chose whether to proceed with the applicatio despite objectios ad risk the cotroversy, or withdraw ad pursue aother aveue. A CNH is absolutely ot ecessary if a ower simply plas to reovate a o-desigated, potetially historic structure. A CNH is also ot ecessary if the ower plas to sell a site but believes it will be reused ad remai itact. I these circumstaces a CNH will oly serve to create commuity cocer ad costeratio, ad ivite uecessary cotroversy. But how does the commuity kow if the CNH is a real threat? What actios ca commuity members take to ecourage a preservatio outcome? First, ad most importatly, commuity members ca cotact the ower. A applicatio for No-Historic Status is a public documet ad ayoe ca ask the city for a copy i order to obtai accurate cotact iformatio. Because there ca be varied reasos someoe has applied for a CNH, icludig a misuderstadig about what the certificate is used for, a simple phoe call ca help determie the ower s plas. This is also a opportuity to explai to the ower what is special about the buildig, ad why the commuity cares. Fially, owers are ot always aware of the various icetives available to help support property owers, ad this first call ca be used to begi a coversatio. Commuity members ca, of course, also cotact Historic Dever. I the curret climate Historic Dever does ot have the capacity to react to every demolitio ad CNH otice, but we do review them all ad use our ow iteral evaluatio to determie if actio is warrated. Oe evaluatio criteria we use is whether there is clear iterest i the commuity, ad whether there are commuity members willig to be ivolved. We also cosider the historic sigificace of the property, its public beefit i terms of the umber of people likely to be affected by demolitio, ad the likeliess of fidig a outcome or compromise that works for all parties. Historic Dever ever takes actio related to a CNH postig, or a demolitio postig, without first cotactig the ower. I a umber of cases this cotact has resulted i a positive preservatio outcome, with the ower volutarily withdrawig the CNH applicatio. For example, i 2015 Historic Dever saved five posted properties through commuicatio with the owers ad clarificatios about the processes ad optios. This icluded a high profile save at 1899 York Street. More recetly Historic Dever worked with the ower of 3064 Speer ad 2822 Federal, ad i both cases the owers withdrew their applicatio so that they ca lear more about preservatio optios. I this heighteed climate of frequet demolitios, it is easy to feel alarmed whe a CNH applicatio or demolitio otice is posted o a property you care about. We hope that the protocols posted o our website ca serve as a guide for commuity members, so that preservatio is give every cosideratio. We also ecourage commuity members to work proactively to foster preservatio actio, either through historic district efforts, or by givig a friedly call to the ower of your favorite local buildig ad providig them with preservatio resource iformatio before major decisios are made. Resource iformatio is available o our website i the Resources sectio. Historic Dever recogizes that Dever is chagig, ad that demolitio is ot goig away, but through positive ad costructive actio, we ca esure that Dever retais its importat ladmarks ad uique character. Aie Levisky Executive Director Historic Dever, Ic. 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Sprig 2016 cotiued from frot page Moder architecture. It also surveys the existig homes i the eighborhood, revealig the six differet floor plas foud throughout the eighborhood, as well as the architectural characteristics featured o the homes. The patter book helped eighbors articulate specific qualities they valued i their homes, ad how those qualities were differet from the more commo homes aroud them. The patter book is iteded to highlight the special features of Midcetury Moder homes ad help eighbors fid ways to sesitively remodel their homes to hoor the uique character of the eighborhood. As Dever chages, the Midcetury Moder character of Krisaa Park is beig threateed by iappropriate pop-tops ad the loomig specter of fullscale demolitio. Today s families may fid the origial 1200 square feet to be a tight squeeze, ad the lack of garage a remider of their home s advacig age. Fortuately, these homes were desiged to be easily expaded. Some moder expasios, however, such as a full two story additio, egatively affect the historic character of the eighborhood ad ifrige o the prized privacy of the backyard ext door. As the eighbors worked with Historic Dever, they leared more about other tools they might use to protect the character of their eighborhood. As is typical, it ca be hard to view middle class, post-war housig as historic or worthy of preservatio. Additioally, may eighbors did t wat the desig review that comes with historic district desigatio. As such, a historic district was t the right fit for the eighborhood. Istead, a group of eighbors o S. Ediso Way spet a etire year learig about coservatio overlays, idetifyig the key features of their eighborhood that they wated to protect, ad workig with the city to tur those features ito zoig code laguage. This ability to tur architectural characteristics ito code is a key differece betwee sigle-use zoig ad form-based zoig. Form-based zoig describes the geeral character of a area, startig at the eighborhood level ad workig dow to the lot. The zoig code otes the commo street ad block patters; buildig placemet ad locatio; buildig height; ad mobility (i.e., the trasportatio optios available i the area). These preexistig eighborhood characteristics serve the basis of the resultig forms proscribed i the zoig code. The curret zoig for Krisaa Park is S-SU-D, which stads for Suburba - Sigle Uit - 6,000 sq ft lot. I the S-SU zoe district, buildigs ca be 2.5 stories, with a maximum height of 30 feet. The code also dictates set back requiremets based o lot size, ad eve cotais some desig stadards such as requirig a etry way o the primary street façade to promote pedestria access. Krisaa Park eighbors idetified four characteristics they cosidered to be defiig features of their eighborhood: placemet of the homes o the lots to esure privacy; low pitched rooflies with horizotal emphasis; low scale, sigle story or split level buildigs; ad subordiate additios. These idetifyig characteristics are subjective oe perso s subordiate additio may stick out like a sore thumb to someoe else. Because the eighborhood was ot lookig for historic desigatio ad the resultig Desig Review from the Ladmark Preservatio Commissio, they eeded to tur these characteristics ito objective laguage ad buildig forms that ca be regulated through the zoig code. The resultig coservatio overlay targets five aspects of the buildig form ad lot, to esure that future developmets or additios are i keepig with the Midcetury Moder character of the eighborhood. The maximum buildig height has bee reduced from 2.5 stories to 1.5, or 18 feet, whichever is shorter. The maximum roof pitch is set at 3:12, which will maitai the low-slug character of the buildigs. To maitai privacy i the expasive backyards, roof top decks are prohibited. To offset the edict agaist a full secod-story additio, the zoig code has reduced the miimum rear set back requiremet from twety feet to fiftee feet. This will allow homeowers to build larger additios to the rear of the property. Oly future additios or redevelopmet projects will be required to adhere to the ew zoig i the coservatio overlay. Existig additios that do ot meet the ew stadards are allowed to remai. As eighborhoods throughout Dever work to idetify ad articulate their uique characteristics ad decide the best ways to hoor those traits, coservatio overlays deserve a close examiatio. As a less itese alterative to historic districts, they are ideal for eighborhoods that wat to ecourage thoughtful redevelopmet that is i keepig with wider eighborhood character. As Dever cotiues to feel the pich of developmet across the city, coservatio overlays provide a opportuity to recogize the micro-cotext of a area ad to promote a fie-grai approach to developmet that is ot always possible with stadard zoig. If you d like to lear more about how commuities ad developers ca pla for ad build a lastig eighborhood, be sure to read our Te Priciples for a Edurig City. These priciples are the culmiatio of our first aual re:dever forum series, which wrapped up i April, ad are featured o page 6. = Sig Up Today For Our New Larimer Sq. Walkig Tour with exclusive access to the Daiels & Fisher Tower! Begiig i May, Historic Dever will lauch the Larimer Square Walkig Tour, icludig a exclusive tour of the Daiels ad Fisher Tower! This tour will explore Larimer Square The & Now, learig about the foudatio of Dever, the first settlemet, the first post office, the first city core, which evetually fell ito hard times turig ito skid row. I time, it was resurrected by local citizes, led by Daa Crawford, who saved the block of buildigs from urba reewal. The first Historic District i Dever, Larimer Square is ow ecoomically vibrat ad preserved for future geeratios. The voluteer docets will lead tour attedees alog the streets of Larimer Square, stoppig to look at the beautiful buildigs that were saved ad hear the stories behid the walls. The the tour will head over to aother preservatio success story ad ladmark, the Daiels & Fisher Tower. Here, guests will be allowed to visit the top of the tower ad view the city from a ew perspective. Tours last 90 miutes. For tour times, days, prices ad to purchase tickets, please visit historicdever.org. Members of Historic Dever receive a special member price. Tours ru May through October Also check out our popular LoDo ad Capitol Hill Walkig Tours! Photo: Shao Schaefer Historic Dever Ic. 3
Historic Dever News February - March 2016 PRESERVATION BRIEFS It is strogly emblematic of Dever s early history as a ceter of the livestock ad meat packig idustry at the historic Dever Uio Stock Yards o the orther edge of Dever. The Natioal Wester Stock Show has historically bee ad cotiues to be a major ecoomic evet for Dever ad Colorado, drawig farmers, rachers, ad tourists from aroud the atio. Historic Dever is glad to see the City of Dever formally ackowledgig the historic importace of this buildig ad protectig the legacy of the Stock Show for geeratios to come. Photo: Dever Public Library Wester History Collectio Stadium Area Gais Local Historic Desigatio This sprig, the City of Dever, followig a recommedatio from the Master Pla for the Natioal Wester Complex (2014), moved forward with a historic desigatio for the 1908-09 Stadium Area. Approved by the Ladmark Preservatio Commissio o March 15th, the desigatio wet before City Coucil for a public hearig ad a fial vote o April 18th. Historic Dever has worked hard over the last five years to ecourage preservatio at the Stock Show site, ad we were pleased to provide public testimoy i support of this desigatio. City Coucil approved the desigatio with uaimous support. The Stock Show Master Pla idetifies the Stadium Area, the oldest buildig costructed for the Stock Show, as a key historic buildig o the site. Oe of the stated goals i the Master Pla is to hoor the autheticity ad origis of the site, preservig architecture ad features that have historic ad cultural merit, while efficietly reusig them ad itegratig with ew facilities. By makig the Stadium Area a local ladmark, the city hoors the historic legacy of the Stock Show, ad will make sure that the ew Natioal Wester Complex reflects that history through the built eviromet, givig all visitors a sese of the complex s past, as they experiece old ad ew evets alike. The Stadium Area is oe of Dever s few itact examples of moumetal Neoclassical style architecture outside of Dowtow Dever. It is also a importat ad early example i Colorado of a steel skeleto agricultural area buildig. At the time of its costructio i 1908, the Stadium Area was the first eclosed amphitheater to be built i Dever. The Stadium Area represets the historical developmet of Dever ad Colorado ad of the Natioal Wester Stock Show, oe of the largest ad oldest stock shows still i operatio i the Uited States. It was the sole etertaimet veue for the show util 1952, whe the Dever Coliseum opeed. Its origial brick oval-shaped walls are largely itact, allowig them to be readily revealed as proposed by the Natioal Wester Ceter Master Pla. The Stadium Area cotributes uiquely to Dever s distictive Wester character. Photo: Dever Public Library Wester History Collectio Emily Griffith Ladmark Desigatio Moves Forward I late March 2016 Historic Dever ad Dever Public Schools filed for historic desigatio of the Emily Griffith Opportuity School, located betwee 12th Street ad 13th Street, Glearm ad Welto. The desigatio applicatio is the result of more tha three years of aalysis, coversatio ad plaig about this importat historic site. It provides opportuity for both meaigful preservatio ad sigificat redevelopmet. These coversatios were the result of commuity iterest geerated i 2012 whe DPS aouced its plas to move the school ad sell the site, ad applied for a Certificate of No-Historic Status, which allows for demolitio withi a five-year period. Historic Dever received immediate respose from commuity members, ad asked DPS to cosider a more i-depth process before movig forward, a process that would hoor the DPS policy o historic schools, established i cosultatio with Historic Dever i the early 2000s. DPS agreed, withdrawig the CNH applicatio ad egagig i a thoughtful ad deliberate effort to uderstad which buildigs have the most historic value, how ew developmet ca also occur o the site, ad how the old ad ew ca work together to create a dyamic place that hoors a importat Colorado story while embracig dowtow s evolutio. The Emily Griffith site has bee i public owership for more tha 150 years, first servig as a public school locatio i the 1870s. However, DPS grated Emily Griffith, who was servig as Pricipal at Crofto Elemetary School i Curtis Park, permissio to ope a o-traditioal school for all who wish to lear at the site i 1916. Based o her early teachig experieces Griffith recogized the eeds of ot oly her studets, but also their parets. Her first offerigs at the Opportuity #behistoricdever For Historic Preservatio Moth of May May is Historic Preservatio Moth! Historic Dever is expadig our efforts with Social Media by lauchig the #behistoricdever publicity campaig. Joi the movemet ad tell us about your favorite historic places i Dever! Use the hashtag #behistoricdever to post pictures ad stories (o facebook, istagram ad twitter) of your favorite places i Dever. Help Historic Dever tell the stories of Dever s uique places ad the people that made them sigificat. Oe place ad oe story at a time, you will be helpig us weave together Dever s diverse story. At the ed of May, we will do a drawig from the submissios we received. Oe lucky wier will receive a Private Tour of our New Larimer Square Walkig Tour led by oe of our expert docets. The Wier ca ivite up to five frieds or family to joi i o the fu! BECOME A HISTORIC DENVER MEMBER IN MAY! Follow Historic Dever o Facebook ad fid out more about membership ad who we are o Membership Modays. Whe you joi Historic Dever ad become a member i the moth of May you will receive a additioal moth of membership (13 moth membership), ad ew members will be etered to wi a prize at the ed of the Moth! 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sprig 2016 School icluded Eglish laguage courses, citizeship courses ad techical traiig programs icludig bricklayig, carpetry ad milliery. By the 1920s, the school was so popular that DPS ivested i a expasio, costructig the buildig that ow sits at the corer of 12th & Welto. It was expaded with two sigificat additios i 1947 ad 1956, completig the build-out of the Welto Street side of the block ad replacig the 1880s Logfellow School that Griffith had first used. The origial 1926 buildig was desiged by E. Floyd Reddig. The two additios were desiged by Gordo Jamieso i the early 1940s. Jamieso was a otable moderist architect who oce worked with Eugee Groves, ad his desigs were implemeted over time as the school developed the resources for ew costructio. The 1926, 1947 ad 1956 buildigs are iter-coected ad today are experieced as oe buildig with multiple etraces. All three sectios are four stories tall ad costructed with Dever s sigature red brick ad terracotta. These buildigs represet the most historically, architecturally ad geographically sigificat aspects of the Emily Griffith site, represetig the story of the school, Griffith s legacy, ad the importace of the school site i the developmet of dowtow Dever. The Welto Buildigs, as the itercoected structure has come to be kow, are the cotributig buildigs i the desigatio applicatio ad are to be protected ad preserved. Gradually DPS also acquired lad to the east of the origial buildig ad costructed a series of mostly oe-story shops o Glearm Place. While iterestig i terms of their coectio to the techical programs of the Opportuity School, the buildigs have less architectural ad geographical sigificace, ad as a result the easter portio of the block is deemed o-cotributig i the desigatio applicatio. O this portio of the site a future developer ca build accordig to the Dowtow zoig, dowtow desig guidelies, ad a special set of site-specific guidelies iteded to esure compatibility ad itegratio with the historic structures o Welto. There is o particular height limit i this sectio of dowtow, as height is a factor of use ad floor area ratio. Additioally, the desigatio applicatio defies a trasitioal area at the ceter rear portio of the Welto buildigs where a coectio to the ew developmet to the east may be made. This coectio ca physically attach to the historic structures if eeded, ad partial demolitio i this area is described as allowable i the applicatio. However, the street view of the Welto Street Buildig from three sides will be carefully preserved ad this trasitioal area, if used by a future developer, will be perceived as a rear additio to the origial structure, steppig up to a potetially larger structure o the Glearm side of the block. DPS officially listed the property for sale the same week the desigatio was filed. The itetio is for the desigatio ad sales process to occur cocurretly, with the desigatio becomig official before a sale closes. DPS has icluded iformatio about the preservatio provisios i a request for proposals from developers. Historic Dever wats to offer DPS our appreciatio for egagig us as a key stakeholder i this process ad recogizig the importace of this place to our city s past ad future. We also wat to thak a trio of architects who helped DPS ad stakeholders uderstad the site: Gary Petri of Hord Copla Macht, David Tryba of Tryba Architects, ad Joe Poli of Humphries Poli Architects. Fially, we wat to thak the City of Dever Ladmark staff ad Director of Commuity Plaig & Developmet Brad Buchaa for his support for a solutio that ivolves preservatio ad quality developmet. The Emily Griffith process demostrates that property owers ad the preservatio commuity ca work together to fid solutios that make our city more uique, more rooted i its idetity, ad more adaptable for the future. We appreciate the great support of may commuity members who have advocated for the site ad the process, ad hope to see our members ad frieds at the public hearig at Dever City Coucil o May 16, 2016. Block of Licol Street Seeks Historic District Homeowers i the 200 block of South Licol Street are movig forward with a local historic district o their block. The block ecompasses fiftee homes built betwee 1889 ad 1895, all of which embody Quee Ae architecture. Oe of these homes (227 S. Licol St.) was desigated a idividual historic ladmark i 2015. William Lag desiged eight houses o the west side of proposed historic district. The block is believed to be the largest collectio of itact Lag-desiged homes i Dever. Bor i Illiois i 1845, William Lag moved aroud the Midwest before settlig i Dever i 1885. It is ot clear if he ever had formal traiig as a architect or was etirely self-taught. Either way, he had a prolific career i Dever, desigig over 250 buildigs, icludig the Molly Brow House, Castle Mare Masio, ad St Mark s Parish Church. All of the homes o South Licol Street have Lag s quitessetial hallmarks of Quee Ae desig, which ofte icludes asymmetrical forms, steeply pitched roofs, varyig wall textures, wrap-aroud porches ad tured porch spidles. As History Colorado s Architect Biography of Lag otes, It is difficult to pi Lag dow to a defiite style, for he merged may elemets from differet styles to suit his taste, ot followig covetio. Ufortuately, his career was greatly impacted by the Silver Crash of 1893. He declared bakruptcy after the crash ad ever recovered. He was diagosed with demetia i 1897, ad died the same year after beig hit by a trai. Though his career oly spaed 8 years, his legacy as a gifted ad ispired architect lives o i Dever to this day. At the Ladmark Preservatio Commissio public hearig o March 15th, the Commissio gave its approval of the historic district applicatio. It will ow move forward to City Coucil, where it will be heard i a fial public hearig o Moday, May 16th. Photo: Paul Brokerig Platte to Park Hill Stormwater Systems O April 6th 2016, the City of Dever aouced that, as part of the Platte to Park Hill Stormwater Systems project, the city would move forward with a pla to put a detetio pod i the City Park Golf Course, as opposed to a alterative pla which would have placed the dry pod i the Cole eighborhood. This decisio came after moths of public meetigs ad a outpourig of eighborhood cocer about the project ad its ramificatios. The City of Dever states that City Park Golf Course was selected for water detetio because it will protect sigificatly more homes ad busiesses; utilizes a existig city asset, reducig the eed for private property acquisitio; ad creates better opportuities for future eeded stormwater improvemets. Istallig the detetio pod i City Park Golf Course is certaily preferred over the demolitio of dozes of historic homes i Cole. However, City Park Golf Course is o the Natioal Register of Historic Places as a cotributig resource to Dever s City Beautiful Parks & Parkway System. It is also the oly Dever-area golf course listed o the Natioal Register ad has deep cultural sigificace i the Dever commuity, therefore this alterative must be carefully ad thoughtfully discussed. The commuity must have the opportuity to review details ad truly uderstad the impact before fial desig decisio are made. As the project moves forward, Historic Dever urges great cautio ad care, ad recogizes that the success of this type of project lies almost etirely i the details. We have see suggested club house re-locatio optios ad have cocers about the preservatio of the views from the east side of the course, as well as the preservatio of the low-slug, expasive quality of the course, which is metioed i the Natioal Register listig. The Platte to Park Hill Stormwater project will affect more tha City Park it also icludes a ope chael that will ru through the Cole eighborhood to a outfall i Globeville Ladig Park. As two of the proposed Platte to Park Hill Project sites are parks, Historic Dever would also like to ote geerally that our parks ad ope spaces are facig uprecedeted demads to meet uaticipated eeds. With commuity recreatioal ad cultural use icreasig, placig additioal ifrastructure demads o park lads must be doe with great care ad cautio, as their value to the commuity is extremely high, their place i the city s idetity is umatched, ad our ability to create ew spaces of their size ad quality early impossible. I a rapidly chagig city, our touchstoes, ladmarks, ad beloved spaces are more importat tha ever. Historic Dever submitted formal commets to the City about the proposal i May, ad will cotiue to participate to esure the preservatio ad cosideratio for impacted historic resources. = Historic Dever Ic. 5
Historic Dever News SPONSORED IN PART BY THE Natioal Trust for Historic Preservatio Historic Dever s Priciples for a Edurig City HISTORIC DENVER lauched the re:dever forum series i 2015 to explore issues impactig the past, preset ad future of Dever s built eviromet as our city evolves. We hosted forums o the quality ad compatibility of ifill developmet, Dever s uique character ad urba attributes, desig review ad desig guidelies, fidig the right forms for our existig eighborhoods, real estate market forces, ad urba desig ad the public realm. Both local ad atioal speakers shared isights o what is happeig today, ad what we could be doig differetly as a city to esure that Dever retais its quality of life ad character as it grows. Durig the forums we heard over ad over agai that commuity idetity the idetity created by our built eviromet ad the way we as humas iteract with it matters. It matters from a quality of life perspective, it matters from a walkability ad huma scale perspective, it matters from a evirometal sustaiability perspective, from a durability perspective, ad yes, from a ecoomic perspective. Historic Dever has take what we ve leared from the re: Dever forums, atteded by more tha 400 commuity members ad professioals, to create Historic Dever s Priciples for a Edurig City. These priciples are desiged to esure that Dever remais a great place to live, ad grows i a way that is sustaiable ad log-lastig so that the city we ejoy today is still here fifty years from ow, icludig the buildigs we ll build i this boom cycle ad the ext. The priciples are iteded to iform chage, ot halt it, ad to recogize that we are buildig i a specific place a place with character, a place with rhythms ad patters, a place with history, ad a place that owes much of its success to the qualities embodied i our uique idetity. 1. KNOW AND ARTICULATE WHAT MAKES DENVER DENVER I order to accetuate our city s uique character ad to ecourage compatible costructio, we as a commuity eed to kow what that character is ad be able to explai it to architects, developers, plaers, policy-makers ad other commuity members. The commo ad frequet attributes that defie our city iclude warm ad orgaic buildig materials such as brick, stoe, stucco ad terra cotta. Buildigs should be orieted with the su i mid ad employ architectural features like overhagig eaves ad porches to capture the sushie ad big sky Colorado is famous for. O the eighborhood scale, embedded commercial/mixed-use districts ehace the walkability ad ecoomic vibracy of our local commuities. Those eighborhoods, i tur, are uified by a commo thread of parks ad parkways which ru throughout the city. 2. INFILL BEFORE REFILL 3. SHARED SPACES MATTER Character ad idetity come from the spaces we share, the public realm. Urba desig is as importat, if ot more importat, tha architectural style. These spaces, the collective public realm, must be valued by our residets, the desig commuity, ad local policy. What makes for a good public realm? Walkability, a sese of safety, welcomig buildig façade, trasparecy ad visual harmoy. Visual harmoy is ot the same as uiformity or mootoy, but it is a cosistecy, a patter. Buildigs with doors facig the street, cared-for public right-of-ways, trasparecy ad a sese of lived-i or worked-i spaces all support the public realm ad our huma experiece of the street. 4. SUBSTANCE OVER SPLASH As a result of the urba reewal iitiatives of 1960s ad 1970s, Dever has a lot of vacat lad. We should cosider how to ecourage ad direct developmet to these spaces, rather tha i places where historic buildigs ad patters exist. A 2004 report from the Brookigs Istitutio projects that by 2030, the coutry aticipates demolishig early 1 3 of our buildig stock. That s a staggerig umber ad it raises sigificat questios ot just about historic buildigs ad architecture, but also about sustaiability ad our eviromet. Recet calculatios idicate that it takes 35 50 years for a eergy efficiet ew buildig to save the amout of eergy lost i demolishig a existig buildig. We ca ad should uderstad the volume of our vacat lots ad their combied buildable potetial based o curret zoig. How may residetial uits could we build without losig a sigle historic buildig? How may vacat or uderutilized buildigs could be retro-fitted for ew or mixed uses? Not all buildigs eed to stad-out, ad quality backgroud buildigs reiforce rhythms ad patters ad reflect a quality that lasts, as opposed to a tredy quality. Quality backgroud buildigs are the backboe of the city because they reiforce rhythms ad patters of the street, embodyig a simple sese of quality ad durability. Backgroud buildigs, regardless of style or age, have a quality that lasts. 5. TREAT GREEN SPACE AS A UNIFYING THREAD Dever s most popular eighborhoods are orieted aroud parks ad parkways ad coected by gree-strips, symbols of the City Beautiful visio a visio that believed desig ad beauty had the power to improve lives. Oe of the most importat compoets of the public realm, especially i Dever, is the relatioship to gree space. These spaces are ot accidetal, i fact they are the most promiet symbol of Dever s earliest city plaig efforts, based o the City Beautiful visio. The parks ad parkways were laid out ad desiged to coect importat places ad eighborhoods. The parkways frame our eighborhoods, buildigs, ad shared spaces. We must ot oly protect these official public spaces, but also remember that Dever s ubiquitous tree-laws foud throughout the city, betwee the sidewalk ad the street matter too. They are the places where public meets private ad we are collectively resposible to our eighbors ad commuity to hoor this piece of our character. 6 Historic Dever Ic.
sprig 2016 6. REFLECT RHYTHM & RELATIONSHIP Dever is a city of eighborhoods, ad each eighborhood has uique attributes, cotext ad patters that have value. Oe size does ot fit all ad zoig is by ature a blut tool. So we must fid ew ways for buildigs to ackowledge their uique space i the world, ad their relatioship to their surroudigs. Each eighborhood, ad i some cases, each block, has its ow rhythm, its ow patter. We ca use the preservatio cocept of character defiig features to help eighbors ad developers uderstad a area ad build to its stregths. 9. ENCOURAGE ADAPTABLE PARKING STRATEGIES Desig decisios are ofte shaped by expectatios for parkig, but ca we idetify more flexible strategies? Whether required by zoig or simply see as a market ecessity, parkig is drivig desig decisios ad these decisios will be difficult to reverse over time. If parkig is a primary, structural compoet of a buildig, how will we reuse it decades from ow whe drivig habits or car techologies shift? 7. DURABILITY + ADAPTABILITY = SUSTAINABILITY Beig sustaiable is more tha beig gree, ad to build a sustaiable ad resiliet city we must ecourage quality buildig, durable materials, adaptability ad people-cetric places. Oe thig we like to tout about Dever is our relatioship to the eviromet. We like to thik of ourselves as a forward thikig, sustaiable city. Not oly is the adaptive reuse of buildigs a sustaiable strategy, as demostrated so successfully i LoDo, so too is costructig buildigs that will last, that will ot require costat replacemet, ad will certaily ot be replaceable withi oe geeratio. Plaed obsolescece should ot fid its way ito our built eviromet. A emphasis o materiality is, therefore, about more tha desig or aesthetics, it s about durability. The old brick buildigs of LoDo were built for a wide variety of purposes, almost oe of which they serve today. But their solid costructio, quality materials ad adaptable ature make them valuable more tha a cetury after their costructio. 8. FOSTER THE FINE GRAIN Mixed-use areas with diverse buildig age, size ad use are critical to a city s vibracy ad vitality. Usig a fie grai approach, sometimes called icremetal developmet, we ca add desity ad accommodate growth without sacrificig the places that make our eighborhoods desirable ad livable. For example, street car commercial districts ted to puch above their weight class i terms of desity ad itesity of use, with active daytime uses, itegrated residetial compoets, ad vibrat ightlife. There is also icreasig iterest i the cocept of missig middle housig ad the importace of buildig ad supportig a variety of housig types. There is historic precedet for this i our eighborhoods, with imbedded courtyard apartmets, duplexes, small apartmet buildigs ad sigle-family residetial structures all compatibly co-existig. There are ways we ca add optios with a fie grai touch as opposed to addig it oly through bulk ad height. As Dever cotiues to face a affordability cruch, the fie grai ca also provide solutios ad ew policies ad programs that seek to support affordable housig should look to the preservatio of existig ad diverse housig optios as a key strategy. 10. CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY ETHIC Creatig a culture that values a sese of place, urba character, ad desig quality is a importat part of buildig a edurig Dever. Havig coversatios about preservatio, urba desig, architecture ad buildig quality is importat, ad this is the uderlyig reaso Historic Dever started re:dever. We eed a forum to talk costructively about how our city is chagig, ad how we ca support its character ad its growth. We eed a costituecy that cares, gets educated, ad advocates. Historic Dever will cotiue to host re:dever each academic year, ad will be releasig tools ad ideas to support the priciples, but we hope commuity members ad parters will also take up the matle. If you fid these priciples useful, share them! You ll fid them o our website at www.historicdever.org, alog with recordigs of our re:dever talks ad power poit presetatios. Share them with your eighbors, your frieds, ad your city coucilmembers. Let them kow that you value a edurig city, ad ecourage them to get egaged! Be sure to joi us agai i the fall whe we debut our ext re:dever series. = Elegat Tur-of-the-Cetury Codomiiums, Apartmets & Towhomes for discerig cliets. Daria Castiglioe 303-587-5471 Daria@CastleLioDevelopmet.com Historic Dever Ic. 7
Historic Dever News MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM The Huma Side of Every Story By Brooke Traylor ad Jared Gregorio, Museum Educatio Iters Durig the 1890s, Dever was kow as the Quee City of the Plais. I hopes of becomig comparable to the likes of Chicago or Sa Fracisco, Dever bega to establish itself as both a importat thoroughfare ad place to live. Thousads were movig to the growig city, icludig JJ ad Margaret Brow. They, alog with their two childre, moved to Dever i 1894. The Brow s ew residece was elegat. The Quee Ae style home located at 1340 Pesylvaia Aveue was located i the popular ad up-ad-comig Capitol Hill eighborhood. Built by otable Dever architect William Lag, the three-story house had four fireplaces, two large lio statues guardig the frot of the house, ad boasted ew ad moder techologies, icludig electricity, cetral heatig, idoor plumbig, ad a had-crak telephoe. There was also a carriage house at the back of the property. This, of course, is the Molly Brow House Museum today. Despite the popular belief that Margaret ad JJ were shued by Dever s high society, they were very much part of it. I fact, from 1894 to the early 1920s, the Brows took up more space i Dever s society pages tha early ay other Dever family. As Dever grew, high society bega to thrive, ad the Brows were very active i the world of Dever s upper class. JJ ad Margaret would have ejoyed lucheos, parties, ad other social evets o a regular basis. The famous Brow Palace Hotel o 17th Judge Bejami Lidsey, ofte kow as Dever s Kids Judge for his pioeerig reform of Dever s juveile court system. Photo: Dever Public Library Wester History Collectio Street was completed i 1892, ad it was a popular place for tea parties ad lucheos to be held. The Brows were regular visitors. Margaret also held umerous fudraisers i the hotel for some of her favorite causes, icludig for the Humae Society ad select Catholic charities, amog others. It is importat to ote that there is o coectio betwee Margaret Brow ad Hery Cordes Brow, the hotel s fouder. The Brows ofte atteded the theatre ad the opera as well. They regularly received visitors ad hosted guests at their home i Capitol Hill. Like several other upper class families i Dever, the Brows also had a coutry home (ow i preset day Lakewood), where they hosted ad etertaied guests. Those attedig these coutry retreats ofte cosidered their visit to the Brow s house a highlight of the summer seaso. Both JJ ad Margaret also played promiet roles i Dever s busiess ad political circles. JJ owed ad worked at a mie maagemet busiess, ad Margaret was ofte busy either studyig humaities ad learig ew laguages, or advocatig for several political causes. The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Coceptio o Loga ad Colfax Aveue was built to serve the Dever commuity, ad JJ ad Margaret Brow were istrumetal i raisig moey for its completio. Margaret Brow is also well kow for her progressive ad liberal ideologies regardig a wide array of issues. Topics ragig from educatio, wome s suffrage, labor rights, judicial reform, ad geder equality. While servig as a champio for these causes throughout Dever, Colorado, ad the world, Margaret ofte worked with ad socialized with others who believed i such progressive causes. Oe such promiet crusader was Justice Bejami Barr Lidsey, fouder of Dever s Juveile Court Photo: Dever Public Library Wester History Collectio (with Margaret Brow s help), ad the amesake behid Dever s curret Lidsey-Flaiga Courthouse. Margaret ad Justice Lidsey s similar views regardig youth justice reform ad their work together has bee well documeted. So similar, ad ot to metio boisterous about their passios, were Margaret ad Justice Lidsey that before they first met at a Dever dier party the host remarked Mrs. Shafroth ad I had a wager as to which oe would outtalk the other. Youth justice reform was oly oe of Margaret ad Justice Lidsey s causes. The two were also both strog propoets of geder equality. Justice Lidsey i particular advocated for equal rights to be shared i a marriage ad for both parties to have a say regardig procreatio, child-rearig, ad eve divorce, all of which were very taboo subjects durig the period. Lidsey was so committed to these ideals that i 1927, alog with coauthor Wairight Evas, he published The Compaioate Marriage a book that outlied the priciples ad structure of marriage ad geder equality that Lidsey so strogly believed i. For Lidsey, The Compaioate Marriage was a way for him to outlie i legal terms, social ad private cocepts that he believed were ready to be implemeted throughout America. I the itroductio of the book Lidsey defied a compaioate marriage as legal marriage with legalized birth cotrol, ad with the right to divorce by mutual coset for childless couples, usually without paymet or alimoy. These priciples, blasphemous for a majority of the coutry ad for may of Lidsey s readers, were met with strog criticism. Lidsey most certaily was prepared for this criticism, as he had dealt with critics his etire life. May detractors argued that the poits made by The Compaioate Marriage, ad the very idea of a compaioate marriage would lead to a ethical weakeig of marriage ad the coutry. The vetera judge, however, believed the opposite. By makig marriage equal ad trasparet, Lidsey argued, the istitutio would be stregtheed ad that millios of marriages would be tured ito a mutual partership of trust ad respect. Lidsey so believed i his ideas behid restructurig marriage that he argued he could greatly decrease America s divorce rates, outliig a ew method of divorce proceedigs ad couples therapy, A lawyer, as a judge, would be required to by preset laws ad costitutios of the state but with him would be added scietific experts ad specialists i huma coduct ad behavior it would be ope ad freely accessible to all classes of discordat couples. Its proceedigs would be cofidetial. I firmly believe it would succeed i gettig at least oe third of them to chage their mids istead of their mates. Lidsey s compaioate marriage was too radical for his cotemporaries ad ever came to fruitio i his lifetime. I fact his adamat adherece to preachig for compaioate marriage would go o to hurt him, brigig him atioal attetio ad ofte times ifamy, cotributig to his evetual disbarmet i 1927. I fact a Time Magazie article from July 11, 1927 remarked that Lidsey has become to may thousads of his coutryme a radical, a luatic, a attacker of the sactity of the home, ad advocate of free love ad of birth cotrol. While Justice Lidsey did ot see chages to the status quo i his lifetime, it is impossible to ot see the threads of his beliefs i cotemporary America s commoly accepted orms regardig the cocept of marriage ad geder equality. Make more coectios betwee the issues of our day ad those of Mrs. Brow s, ofte the same at: mollybrowbtl.wordpress.com = 8 Historic Dever Ic.
sprig 2016 The homes o River Drive ofte use uique methods to compesate for the hilly terrai. This home has a large staircase leadig to the frot door, creatig a large garde level apartmet below. Photo credit: Dever Public Library Wester History Collectio. Jefferso Park s Hidde Gem: River Drive Adrew Gaz, Voluteer with Discover Dever Slicig through Jefferso Park, River Drive is a oasis i the city, stadig out ot just because the orthwest-southeast-ruig street does t coform to a mapmaker s grid. With houses of early every style datig betwee the 1880s ad the early 20 th cetury, River Drive remais remarkably preserved ad itact somethig oe certaily caot say for the rapidly-chagig Jefferso Park eighborhood that surrouds it. As you might expect, there are plety of stories that this short stretch of pavemet ca tell us ad may that may surface agai. Prior to the arrival of I-25, River Drive saked dow the hillside to the Platte River that gives the street its ame. But the oly thig flowig o River Drive was the beer brewed at the earby Zag ad Tivoli breweries. Zag Brewery, located o earby Water Street, was the successor of the first brewery i Dever, the Rocky Moutai Brewery. Phillip Zag, a immigrat from Barvaria, via Ketucky, origially started out as the maager of the brewery, usig his previous brewig experiece to quickly become idispesable to the compay. Zag bought it out i 1872, chagig the ame to the Zag Brewery. While Philip died i 1899, his so Adolph carried o operatios util 1913. What started out as a 2,000 barrel operatio became Dever s largest brewery, producig early 175,000 barrels a year at the height of productio. Prohibitio, however, proved to be disastrous for the brewery, which shuttered i 1927. The site of the brewery is ow home to the Dever Aquarium, although two related historic buildigs reamai o Water Street. Zag hired Theodore Beck to be head brewer i the 1880s. Today, the Beck House sits at the ed of River Drive, where it is still possible to view what s left of the Zag Brewery o the other side of the iterstate. Curret homeower Jeff Rodgers is well immersed i his home s folklore. Evidece remais of what may have bee a Prohibitio-era tuel coectig his home s basemet to that of a earby taver. The taver is log goe, but it was located across a alley where the Elemet 47 apartmet complex sits today. Further, owers of Jeff s house have passed dow ledgers from the 1920s idicatig paistakig record-keepig of items related to the oil ad gas busiess. I Prohibitio-era Dever, this meat oe thig: bootleggig. Above groud, what stads out perhaps the most about River Drive is the way that otherwise stadard home desigs were adapted to the road s uusual grade. A ewspaper report from 1898, whe the houses were just a hadful of years old, referred to the road s grade as precipitous, ad the Quee Ae homes were built with uusual etraces. A trio of houses colloquially kow as the three triplets all built aroud 1890 are located toward the orthwest ed of River Drive. Each features a differet take o the modified etrace look. Late 19 th cetury photos of some of the houses are part of the Dever Public Library s collectio ad they reveal that the houses remai largely uchaged today. The first two have suke frot porches that could almost be called subterraea, beig a few steps below road level, while the third marries Quee Ae architecture with a half doze steps up to its ew porch. Walk a few houses dow the street, closer to the Platte River, ad three more houses appear to be pushed ito the earth. A terrace-style, two-story quadplex, like those built i so may other parts of Dever, is also half-suke, creatig a Europeastyle garde apartmet. However, the uusual bridges required to access its secod floor uits from the street hardly look origial, so a more thorough study of the buildig s past may be due. The street was graded i its curret cofiguratio i the 1950s, supposedly whe ew pipes were buried to address draiage issues of what is possibly Dever s most ueve street. The origial flagstoe has sice bee replaced by a arrow cocrete sidewalk. At the time, or at least ot log after, may of the street s homes were owed by members of the same family. Although the family has sice moved o from the eighborhood, log-time residet Joa Body recalled that uits of the family would routiely swap houses betwee each other. That sort of camaraderie remais o River Drive today, which stads as somethig of a islad i moder, boxy Jefferso Park. Eve a quick jaut dow this hidde gem reveals a full tour of late 19 th ad early 20 th cetury architecture. If you did t kow better, you could be forgive for thikig that the buildigs had bee relocated to this agled stretch of Northwest Dever i order to give passersby a glimpse of old Dever. I every eighborhood throughout Dever, there are carefully preserved pockets like River Drive streets that tell the stories of our past. Historic Dever s Discover Dever survey project is workig to capture these stories, oe eighborhood at a time. By idetifyig the sigificat places of our past, we ca promote commuity pride ad ecourage reivestmet i our future. To lear more about Discover Dever, please visit www.discoverdever.co. = CELEBRATING DENVER S HISTORY With a heritage that reaches back more tha 100 years, Lewis Roca Rothgerber proudly supports the preservatio of our colorful past. Mark A. Davidso MDavidso@LRRLaw.com 303.628.9577 Albuquerque Colorado Sprigs Dever Las Vegas Phoeix Reo Silico Valley Tucso LRRLaw.com Stoe restoratio ad refurbishmet. Haddostoe s meticulous care ad attetio to detail has eared the compay a reputatio for the provisio of stoework for the restoratio ad replacemet of stoe damaged by exposure ad eglect. 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Historic Dever News NOTABLE HOMES FOR SALE ottejohso.com Deep roots reach higher. Developig deals, avigatig complex regulatory hurdles, respodig to disputes, growig a eterprise experiece the differece that law elevated makes. REAL ESTATE FINANCING EMINENT DOMAIN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TAX RESTRUCTURING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WORKOUTS LAND USE & ENTITLEMENT MATTERS URBAN RENEWAL & PUBLIC/ PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BANKRUPTCY/ FORECLOSURES COMMERCIAL LITIGATION 950 17TH STREET, SUITE 1600 DENVER, CO 80202 T 303.825.8400 F 303.825.6525 1724 Gaylord Street This home provides a rare opportuity to acquire a magificet property i City Park West. Built circa 1904 by Simmos & Wolf, the home was desiged by architect G. H. Hutigto. The origial owers were Gilbert H. Deto of Gilbert H. Deto Iro Works (later Vulca Iro Works) ad his wife, Aa. This property has ot bee available sice 1973, ad has bee lovigly maitaied, beautifully remodeled, expaded ad fully updated with a desig by architect Tom Morris. With a od to classic 3rd floor ballrooms, the 3rd floor is spacious ad ope. With over 6,000 fiished square feet ad oe of the most beautiful Lide trees i Dever, it offers a perfect Live/Work opportuity. Origial features iclude built-i oak bookcases, quarter-sew oak staircases, ad staied glass widows. Home is located i a curret eterprise zoe withi walkig distace of City Park/ Zoo/Museum of Nature ad Sciece, Vie Street Brewery, St. Marks Coffee Shop ad may great restaurats alog 17th Ave., East High School, Esplaade Farmer s Market, the upcomig Carla Madiso Recreatio Ceter, Tattered Cover ad Botaic Gardes. Oly about a mile from Dowtow, The Brow Palace, Cherry Creek Mall, Dever Public Library ad Sprouts Grocery. Listig Price: $1,300,000 Listig Brokers: Rhoda Kop, Distictive Properties 303.523.3855, rhoda@distictivedever.com ad Cheri Ferbrache, CF Properties, Ltd 303.321.1285, cfprops@ecetral.com. Rich i History. Style. Edurig i Dever s most historic block. LARIMERSQUARE.COM Historic ProPerties deserve a expert casey MiLLer DENVER S HISTORIC HOME EXPERT Successfully Sellig Dever s Historic Homes Pictured Above: The Richthofe Castle i Motclair, Sold by Casey i 2012. Casey Miller 720.201.2755 casey.miller@sothebysrealty.com CaseyMillerProperties.com 10 Historic Dever Ic.
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Historic Dever News Witer 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS To purchase tickets to upcomig evets visit mollybrow.org. Evets are held at the Molly Brow House Museum, 1340 Pesylvaia Street, Dever. Thursday May 12 DOUBLE ENTENDRE 6:00-8:00 pm $20 Molly Brow House Museum 1340 Pesylvaia Birds do it. Bees do it. Eve educated fleas do it. Let s do it! Let s Joi Marie Ward, Dever s favorite Chateuse, as she itertwies lyrics with a double meaig to tickle your facy! Teasig your brai with sogs from the Great America Sogbook to cotemporary composers. Featurig driks from Backyard Soda Compay ad local distillery! Must be 21+ to atted. Saturday May 20 MODERN HOME TOURS: DENVER 11:00 5:00 pm $35 advace $40 day of From attaiability to sustaiability, the sigular thread that coects Moder is a outlook that embraces ew possibilities i livig ad lifestyle. Through fu ad iformative tours i dozes of cities across the Uited States ad Caada, as well as carefully cultivated examiatios of the people, places ad thigs that defie Moder, Moder Home Tours: Dever ivites you ito some of the most excitig examples of Moder architecture ad desig i the atio. Thursday May 26 COLORADO CORKS & CUISINE 5:30-8:30 pm Four Mile Historic Park $35 members of Four Mile $45 o-member Relish the fruits of local breweries, distilleries, wieries, ad culiary artists while supportig Colorado history educatio. Proceeds from this evet allow Four Mile to provide discouted or free field trips to uderprivileged studets i the Dever metro regio. Sposored by Rickebaugh Automotive Group. Saturday Jue 11 MEET MOLLY BROWN TEA 11:00am, 1:00pm $24 Members & Childre $26 Nomembers Molly Brow House Museum 1340 Pesylvaia Street Ejoy this rare chace to take tea with Molly Brow as she recouts her Titaic experiece ad shares her passio for helpig others. Margaret Brow tured those passios ito proactive chage i such areas as child welfare, historic preservatio, ad mier s rights. Suitable for ages 6 ad up. Tickets available at www. mollybrow.org or by callig 303-832- 4092 x16. Friday July 1 INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION Four Mile Historic Park 5:00-10:00 pm Come celebrate with old-time games, historic demostratios, live music, horsedraw wago rides, ad more! Brig your blaket ad stay to watch the Gledale fireworks show. Food trucks ad a beer garde will be o site. Last etry to the Park is at 9:00 pm Saturday, August 6 THE AFTERLIFE OF MARGARET BROWN A GUIDED EXPLORATION OF THE HAUNTINGS AT THE HOUSE OF LIONS 8:00 pm 12:00 am $79 Admissio $129 Admissio + Itimate Spirit Gallery Readig What happes whe the lights go out? Does Margaret Brow still ihabit this house? Joi us o this cold, dark ight as we welcome Chris Moo ad Paulette Mamma Moo, alog with Widy Lucero worldreowed psychic mediums ad paraormal researchers, who will take us beyod the earthly realm. Discover what spirits ihabit the historic Molly Brow House durig a itimate eveig of paraormal ivestigatio. Proceeds from this evet will support the stewardship of Margaret s home ad is sposored by Capitol Hill Ghost Tours. Suitable for ages 16 ad up. Tickets available at www.mollybrow.org or by callig 303-832-4092 x16. thirsty thursdays A YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP Jue 16 Queer i the Age of the Quee 6:00 8:00pm $15 Molly Brow House Museum, 1340 Pesylvaia Street I a age viewed as ruled by repressed sexuality, take a look back at queer culture both here i the Uited States ad abroad uder the rule of Quee Victoria. Lear how the Quee herself spoke about sexuality, ad how homosexual, trasgeder, ad queer culture grew from this time. The Wolfe Group Thursday Jue 9 DENVER S NEOCLASSICAL LANDMARKS LECTURE BY TOM NOEL 6:00 pm $15 members of Historic Dever ad ICAA $25 geeral public L2 Church, 1477 Columbie Street Joi Dr. Tom Noel to discuss his latest book, Dever Ladmarks & Historic Districts, at this lecture, cosposored by Historic Dever ad Istitute for Classical Architecture. Come celebrate Dever s greatest reflectios of the glories that were Greece ad the gradeur of Rome. Thursday July 21 JJ S GENTLEMEN S CLUB 6:00 8:00pm $26 Members $30 Nomembers Molly Brow House Museum 1340 Pesylvaia Street Whe the Lady is away, the Getlema will play! Margaret s out of tow ad J.J. is havig some of you, his frieds, over for a eveig of getlemaly pursuits. Cigars, cocktails, a few rouds of cards what more ca a Getlema of J.J. s stature wat? Joi the club! Ages 21+ oly. Tickets available at www.mollybrow.org or by callig 303-832-4092 x17. It s ot about good luck, it s about experiece, itelligece ad reletless attetio to detail. It s about matchig our expertise to your real estate goals. Hoored year after year, both locally ad atioally, The Wolfe Group provides RESULTS. Top 250 Team NaTIoNally -Real Treds & The Wall Street Joural Top 3 Team 2000-2012 -Dever Board of Realtors Top 5 Team IN Colorado -Real Treds Best Agets i America www.wolfegroupdever.com 12 Historic Dever Ic.