Local Landmark Nominations
Front Range prepares Denver Landmark applications. The firm has prepared four district nominations and seven individual designations.
Hegner House, Denver, Colorado (2024). A Denver individual Landmark nomination was prepared for the owners of the Hegner House in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver. The 1936 International-style dwelling, the first in the city and likely the state, was designed by architect Casper F. Hegner.
Howard Berkeley Park Chapel, Denver, Colorado (2020). Wamserville West LLC engaged Front Range to prepare a Denver Landmark application for the Howard Berkeley Park Chapel in northwest Denver. Prominent Denver architect J. Roger Musick designed the 1960 mortuary for the Howard Mortuary Company, a family-operated firm tracing its roots in Denver to 1917. The building features polychromatic terra cotta ornament, Vermont slate flooring, a chapel with cast-in-place plaster decoration, and stained glass, including a large rose window. The mortuary closed in January 2019. Its owner, SCI of Houston, Texas (planning a sale to a developer who did not want to keep the building) applied for a demolition permit. A Denver Landmark application filed by members of Historic Berkeley Regis started a process that resulted in a sale to a new owner, who pledged to adaptively reuse the building and seek landmark designation. Redemption Church Denver, the first new tenant, began holding services in the building in early March 2020.
O’Kane Farm, Lakewood, Colorado, Local Landmark Application (2016-17). The City of Lakewood engaged Front Range to prepare a local landmark application for the O’Kane Farm, a resource associated with the early agricultural history of east-central Jefferson County for its role as a dairy farm. Settled by William W. Fraser in 1888, the farm was acquired by Irish immigrants Bernard “Barney” and Elizabeth O’Kane in 1901, and the family used it for agricultural purposes until ca. 1978. It notably housed the O’Kane’s Harp Dairy in the early part of the twentieth century. The O’Kane’s son, Bernard “Barney” Jr., grew up on the farm and resided here from his birth in 1918 to his marriage in 1958. He was elected to the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1954 and as District Attorney for the 1st Judicial District in 1956. O’Kane’s four-year-tenure as District Attorney was marked by his tenacious campaign to eradicate the district of illegal gambling, gaining him widespread publicity and numerous enemies. The Jefferson Sentinel named O’Kane its Jefferson County Man of the Year in 1957, noting that he kept his campaign promise to eradicate gambling. The nominated area includes representative examples of property types typically found on a small farm, including residences (a main house and bunkhouse), a barn, and general outbuildings.
Packard's Hill Historic District, Denver, Colorado (2017). Front Range produced a Denver landmark application for the Packard's Hill Historic District in northwest Denver. The 173-resource district is significant for its history and architecture and lies northwest of Lowell Boulevard and West 32nd Avenue. It encompasses parts of three early subdivisions: Packard’s Hill (1887), Highland Place (1888), and First Addition to Highland Place (1889). City Council approved the area as Denver's 53rd historic district in September 2017. The project was funded by a State Historical Fund grant to Historic Denver, Inc. Many neighborhood volunteers aided the project by taking pictures, performing historical research, and publicizing the district.
Ghost Historic District, Denver, Colorado (2010)
This Old House magazine selected the Ghost Historic District as one of the nations "Best Old House Neighborhoods 2011" and featured a photograph taken by Laurie Simmons. In August 2010, the Denver City Council unanimously approved the 206-building area as the city's 50th historic district. The overwhelmingly residential area is significant for its architecture, history, and geography and is notable for its large, well-preserved Edwardian style dwellings. Front Range prepared the application for residents and Historic Denver, Inc. |
Baur Building, Denver, Colorado (2006)
This three-story commercial building in downtown Denver was constructed by real estate developer and later Denver Tramway President Rodney Curtis and designed by early Denver architect Leonard Cutshaw. The building notably housed the Baur Candy Company, the favorite confectionery and restaurant of generations of Denver citizens, and one of two historic buildings on the block to survive the city’s urban renewal era. |
Downtown Denver Historic District, Denver, Colorado (1999)
A Denver Landmark application form for an innovative discontiguous historic district including 43 historic buildings in Downtown Denver. Thirty of the buildings in the district are individual landmarks and/or listed in the National or State Register. The nomination approach and designation received national recognition. |
Pennsylvania Street Historic District, Denver, Colorado (1996)
This five-block linear district extends along Pennsylvania Street from East 10th Avenue to East Colfax Avenue in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood and includes the famed Molly Brown House Museum. The project included historical research, photography, mapping, and meeting presentations. |
Denver Fire Department Station No. 7, Denver, Colorado (1995)
Designed by architect Glen Wood Huntington and completed in 1909, this two-story Denver Fire Department firehouse provided fire protection to the Highlands neighborhood until deactivated in 1975. |
Talmadge and Boyer Terrace and Commercial Block, Denver, Colorado (1995). A large, two-story brick residential terrace with an attached commercial component in North Denver.
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Fager Residence, Denver, Colorado (1995)
Sarah J. Fager built and resided in this ca. 1883-85 frame residence on Umatilla Street in North Denver. Working class families resided in the house during the twentieth century. |
Denver Fire Department Station No. 3, Denver, Colorado (1994)
Architect Francis Pillsbury designed this 1931 Denver Fire Department firehouse on Washington Street that served the Five Points area. African American firemen staffed the station until the desegregation of the department in 1958. |
Clarence F. Holmes, Jr., House, Denver, Colorado (1994) The residence in Northeast Denver of Clarence F. Holmes, Jr., an early-twentieth-century African American dentist and civil rights activist.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Denver, Colorado (1994)
This 1948 Catholic church, designed by John K. Monroe, serves a mostly Latino congregation in North Denver. The building features murals by Latino artists and was a center of social, economic, and political activism in the late twentieth century.
This 1948 Catholic church, designed by John K. Monroe, serves a mostly Latino congregation in North Denver. The building features murals by Latino artists and was a center of social, economic, and political activism in the late twentieth century.