Denver City, Denver County, Colorado (CO) 80202

Denver City

Denver County, Colorado

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Denver's City and County Building (City Hall) is located at 1437 Bannock Street, Denver CO 80202.
Phone: 720‑913‑3050.


Frank L. Smith House

Denver is a consolidated City‑County governed by a mayor and 13-member city council.

Beginnings [1]

In the fall of 1858 a settlement of miners and prospectors grew up in the vicinity of the " diggings " where the Green Russell party found gold. The confluence of the Platte and Cherry Creek made a natural site for a town. In the winter of 1858-1859 there were a hundred log cabins on the east and west banks of Cherry Creek. The village on the west side of the little stream was called Auraria; that on the east side was named Denver, after James W. Denver, then governor of Kansas Territory (which extended westward to the Rockies). For a year the two towns maintained a separate existence, and then were united into one burg with the name of Denver City; thenceforth "Auraria" passed into history.

Neighborhoods

  • Allen M Ghost Historic District
  • Cole
  • Cole Neighborhood Historic District
  • Glenarm Place Historic Residential District
  • Highland
  • Highland Park-Scottish Village Historic District
  • Humboldt Street Historic District
  • Sherman Street Historic District
  • Sloan Lake
  • Wellshire
  • Abbey On Adams
  • Abbotsford
  • Abington
  • Academy
  • Adams Gardens
  • Adams Park
  • Ajax Lofts
  • Alameda Heights
  • Alameda Hills
  • Alamo Placita
  • Aloha Beach
  • Alta Vista
  • Alton Park
  • Appletree West
  • Arapahoe
  • Argo Park
  • Arlington Heights
  • Arlington Park
  • Arrowhead
  • Art House Condos
  • Arvell Condos
  • Asbury Park
  • Athmar Park
  • Atrium Condos
  • Auraria
  • Avon
  • Bag Factory Lofts
  • Baker
  • Baker Flats On Broadway
  • Balboa Park
  • Bancrofts Addition
  • Barclay Towers
  • Barnum West
  • Barnums
  • Barrington Condos
  • Bayly Lofts
  • Bear Creek Ranchettes
  • Bear Valley Heights
  • Bear Valley West
  • Beaumont Place
  • Beauvallon
  • Belcaro
  • Belcaro Park
  • Bellevue
  • Bellevue Park
  • Bellevue West
  • Belmont Heights
  • Belmont Park
  • Belmont Place
  • Berkeley
  • Berkeley
  • Berkeley Gardens
  • Berkeley Highlands
  • Berkeley Hills
  • Berkeley in Jefferson
  • Berkeley Park Gardens
  • Berkeley Park Heights
  • Bills Brothers Addition
  • Biltmore Arms Condos
  • Biscayne
  • Bolt Factory Lofts
  • Bonnie Brae
  • Bonnie Brae
  • Bonnie Brae South
  • Boulevard Gardens
  • Boulevard Heights
  • Boulevard Highlands
  • Bow Mar
  • Bow Mar Heights
  • Bowling Green Condos
  • Brandy Chase
  • Brandy Chase at Eastmoor Park
  • Breenlow Park
  • Broadway Heights
  • Broadway Highlands
  • Broadway North
  • Brooks Tower
  • Burns Boulevard
  • Burns Heights
  • Burns Hill Addition
  • Burnsdale
  • Buschman
  • Byers East
  • Cable Heights
  • Camberly By The Park Townhomes
  • Cambridge Square Condos
  • Cameron at the Lake
  • Candlewyck Condos
  • Canterbury Court Condos
  • Canyon Club
  • Capitol Avenue
  • Capitol Hill
  • Carol Sue Heights
  • Carriage Row at Cherry Creek
  • Casements Addition
  • Cawkers Addition
  • Cedar Bridge
  • Cedar Pointe Condos
  • Centennial Acres
  • Centennial Estates
  • Central Capitol Hill
  • Chaffee Park
  • Chaffee Park Heights
  • Chamberlin Heights
  • Chamberlins
  • Chaplinskiy
  • Cheesman Park
  • Cheltenham Heights
  • Cherry Creek
  • Cherry Creek Condos
  • Cherry Creek Country Club
  • Cherry Creek Gardens
  • Cherry Creek Meadows
  • Cherry Creek North
  • Cherry Creek South
  • Cherry Creek Tower
  • Cherry Creek Townhouses
  • Cherry Hills Heights
  • Cherry Hills Vista
  • Cherry Park Commons
  • Cherry Point
  • Chestnut Condos
  • Cinnimon Courtyard Homes
  • City Heights
  • City Horizons
  • City Living at Gaylord Condos
  • City Park
  • City Park North
  • City Park South
  • City Park West
  • City View Heights
  • Clayton
  • Claytons Addition
  • Clements Addition
  • Clough Addiiton
  • Cloverdale
  • Club Monaco
  • Club Valencia
  • Colfax Terrace
  • College Crest
  • College Square
  • College View
  • Colorado Center
  • Columbine
  • Concha
  • Concord
  • Confluence Heights
  • Congress Park
  • Cooper Flats Condos
  • Copperstone Condos
  • Corona Village
  • Coronado
  • Cortona at Cherry Creek Condo
  • Cory
  • Cottage Hill Highlands
  • Country Club
  • Country Club North
  • Country Club Villas
  • Country Hills
  • Creamery Condos
  • Creekview
  • Crestmoor Park
  • Crestview Estates
  • Crisps Addition
  • Cumberland
  • Curtis Park
  • Curtis Street Commons
  • Dakota Lofts Condos
  • Dartmouth Downs
  • Dartmouth Heights
  • Dayton Green Limited Condos
  • Deer Run
  • Deer Trail
  • Delappe Place
  • Delgany Condos
  • Denver Country Club
  • Denver Dry Condos
  • Denver Gardens
  • Denver Tower
  • Detroit Flats Condos
  • Devonshire Square
  • Dexter Court Condos
  • Dickinson
  • Dora Lea
  • Dorchester Condos
  • Downing Place
  • Downing Street Station
  • Downings Addition
  • Downington
  • Duntons Holly Hills
  • Eagle Ridge
  • Earl Place
  • East Berkeley
  • East Capitol Hill
  • East Colfax
  • East Creek Villas
  • East Denver
  • East Montrose
  • East Ninth Condos
  • East View
  • Eastgate
  • Eastmoor Park Condos
  • Eckhart Place
  • Edbrooke Lofts
  • Edgefield
  • Edgewater
  • Eleven Hundred Cheesman Park
  • Elmsdale Heights
  • Elmwood Addition
  • Elyria Addition
  • Embassy House Condos
  • Emerson Condos
  • Emerson Court Condos
  • Emerson Place Condos
  • Enterprise Hills Historic District
  • Epic On Penn Condos
  • Epic on the Park Condos
  • Esplanade Heightse
  • Estes
  • Evans Park Estates
  • Evanston
  • Explorador Vista
  • Exposition Addition
  • Fairmont Addition
  • Fairview
  • Fairview Place Residences
  • Fairways at Pinehurst
  • Fire Clay Lofts Condos
  • First Creek Condos
  • Five Points
  • Five Twenty Five Condos
  • Florado
  • Fords Addition
  • Forresters Garden
  • Fort Logan
  • Fountain Court
  • Four Hundred Third Condos
  • Four Mile Condos
  • Franklin Court Condos
  • Franklin Lofts
  • French Quarter
  • Gaiser Holly Hills
  • Garden Home
  • Garden Park
  • Garden Place
  • Garfield Heights
  • Gates
  • Gateway
  • Gateway Park
  • Gateway Village
  • Gavin Addition
  • Gaylord Place Condos
  • Geneva Condos
  • Gilpin
  • Glass House Condos
  • Glen Ridge Square Condos
  • Glenborough Condos
  • Glenbrook
  • Glenn Court Row Condos
  • Globeville
  • Golden Triangle
  • Goldsmith
  • Gotham City Condos
  • Governors Manor Condos
  • Governors Park
  • Governors Place
  • Grand View
  • Grant Park Condos
  • Grant Ranch
  • Granville
  • Granville West
  • Green Acres
  • Green Valley Ranch
  • Greenwood Reserve
  • Grenvalley Ranch
  • Grnd View Highlands
  • Gunnison Heights
  • Hagus Addition
  • Hale
  • Hamilton Condos
  • Hampden
  • Hampden Court Condos
  • Hampden East Condos
  • Hampden Heights
  • Harkness Heights
  • Hartmans Addition
  • Harvey Park
  • Harvey Park South
  • Heidelberg Condos
  • Heights at Cherry Creek Condos
  • Heritage Court
  • High Point Village
  • High Street Condos
  • Highland Park Addition
  • Highland Place
  • Highland Square
  • Highland Terrace Condos
  • Highland View
  • Highlands
  • Highlands Garden Village
  • Highline Glen
  • Hiland Hills
  • Hilltop
  • Hilltop
  • Holly Hills
  • Holly Point
  • Holly Ridge
  • Homers Addition
  • Honeymoon Manor
  • Honneckes Addiition
  • Hughes Mountain View
  • Humboldt Place
  • Humphreys Addition
  • Hunt Club
  • Huntington Estates
  • Hunts Addition
  • Hurley Heights
  • Hutchinson Hills
  • Hyde Park Addition
  • Icon 1107 Condos
  • Indian Creek
  • Inslees Addition
  • Inspiration
  • Inspiration Point Estates
  • Inspiration Terrace
  • Irving Park
  • Ivanhoe Addition
  • Ivy Villa Townhomes
  • J P Farmers Addition
  • Jasmine Condos
  • Jasmine Townhouses
  • Jefferson Park
  • Jensen
  • Jerome Addition
  • Jewell Circle
  • Kaisers Addition
  • Kassermans Addition
  • Kennedy
  • Kensington
  • Kentucky Gardens
  • Kettles Addition
  • King Houston
  • Kinyon Heights
  • Kirkland
  • Knox Addition
  • Krisana Park
  • Kurtz Place
  • La Fontana Condos
  • Lake Archer
  • Lake Park Condos
  • Lake View
  • Lakeridge
  • Lakeshore Village
  • Lakewood
  • Lakewood Estates
  • Lakota Heights
  • Lanai Condos
  • Larimer Place Condos
  • Lawndale
  • Lee Downs
  • Left Bank
  • Legacy at City Park South
  • Lessig Addition
  • Lewis Hurst
  • Lexington Village Condos
  • Leydon Heights
  • Liberty
  • Lido Condos
  • Lighthouse Breakers
  • Lincoln Manor
  • Lincoln Park Condos
  • Linden Lea
  • Little Turtle
  • LoDo
  • Lodo
  • Lofts at Denver Rock Drill Works
  • Logan Street Condos
  • Lohi Flats
  • London House Condos
  • Lower Downtown
  • Lowrey Heights
  • Lowry
  • Lowry Park Heights
  • Lowry Promenade
  • Lynn Peterson
  • Lynwood
  • Madera
  • Manchester Heights
  • Manlea
  • Manor Homes at Cherry Creek
  • Mansion Condos
  • Maple Grove
  • Mapleton
  • Maplewood
  • Mar Lee
  • Mar Lee Manor
  • Marais Uptown Condos
  • Marbro Park
  • Marland Heights
  • Marston Villas
  • Maxim Condos
  • Mayfair
  • Mayfair Park
  • McCoy Hills
  • McCulloughs Addition
  • McCulloughs Hill
  • McGills
  • McIntosh
  • McKees Addition
  • McNeils Addition
  • Merrill
  • Metro View Park
  • Metropolitan Lofts Condos
  • Middlefields
  • Midland Condos
  • Milan Condos
  • Miles
  • Miller Park
  • Miralago at Marston Lake
  • Mississippi Heights
  • Monaco Gardens
  • Monaco Place Condos
  • Monaco Village Condos
  • Monarch Mills Condos
  • Monbello
  • Monroe Park Condos
  • Montbello
  • Montclair
  • Monterey Gardens
  • Montgomery Court Condos
  • Montrechez
  • Montrose
  • Morbro Park
  • Morningside
  • Morrison
  • Morristown
  • Mountain Shadows Condos
  • Mountain View
  • Mountain View Park
  • Mountain View Place
  • Muse
  • New England Heights
  • Newell
  • Newport Place Condos
  • Nob Hill Condos
  • North Capitol Hill
  • North City Park
  • North Denver Heights
  • North Highlands
  • North Lawn Gardens
  • North Lowell Heights
  • North Park Hill
  • Northeast Park Hill
  • Northfield
  • Northview Estates
  • Northwest
  • Number One Downing Ltd Condos
  • Oak Park Condos
  • Oakland
  • Observatory Park
  • Officers Row Condos
  • Ogden Gardens Condos
  • Old South Gaylord Condominium
  • One Polo Creek Condos
  • One Riverfront Condos
  • One Thousand South Monaco Condos
  • Overland
  • Overland Park
  • Overlook at Park Hill
  • Overlook Condos
  • Packard Hill
  • Paekfield
  • Palace Lofts
  • Park Avenue Addition
  • Park Club Place
  • Park Forest
  • Park Hill
  • Park Lane Condos
  • Park Mayfair Condos
  • Park Monaco Condos
  • Park Place Tower Condos
  • Park View Addition
  • Park Vista
  • Park West
  • Parker Glen
  • Parkfield
  • Parkway Condos
  • Parkway Towers Condos
  • Pattersons
  • Pauline
  • Pebble Creek Condos
  • Pecos Place
  • Pelican Pointe
  • Penn Court Condos
  • Penn Square Condos
  • Penn Towers Condos
  • Pennborough Condos
  • Perl Mack
  • Perrins
  • Piersons Addition
  • Pine Valley
  • Pine Valley Estates
  • Pinehurst Bowmar
  • Pinehurst Estates
  • Pinehurst Village
  • Pinnacle at City Park
  • Pinnacle Ranch Condos
  • Platt Park
  • Plaza De Monaco Towers Condos
  • Point South
  • Polo Club
  • Polo Club North
  • Porters Addition
  • Portico Condos
  • Portofino
  • Portofino Tower
  • Potter Highlands
  • Prestons Addition
  • Progress Heights
  • Promenade Lofts Condos
  • Promontory Condos
  • Prophecy Lofts Condos
  • Prospect Park Townhomes
  • Provence
  • Quail Crossing
  • Quincy Park Condos
  • Quincy Place at Pinehurst
  • Rachelle Condos
  • Raintree
  • Raintree East
  • Range View
  • Regis
  • Regis Heights
  • Residences at Lawrence Street
  • Residences at Penterra Plaza
  • River Rock Condos
  • Riverclay Condos
  • Riverdale
  • Riverdale Farm
  • Riverfront
  • Riverfront Park
  • Riverfront Tower
  • Riverside Addition
  • Riviera Park Condos
  • Roberts
  • Rohlfings
  • Rose Acres
  • Rosedale
  • Roslyn Court at Stapleton Condos
  • Rowan Jacobs
  • Royal Crest Subd
  • Royal Oak Condos
  • Ruby Hill
  • Rue Royale Condos
  • Sagamore Hill
  • San Rafael
  • Santa Fe Art District
  • Schade
  • Schinners
  • Seven Springs
  • Shackelton Place
  • Shadow Wood Condos
  • Sharon Park
  • Sher-Mor
  • Sheridan Park
  • Sheridan Sunset
  • Sheridan Terrace
  • Sherman
  • Sherman Court Condos
  • Sherrelwood Estates
  • Shiloh
  • Shoshone Lofts
  • Silver Square
  • Skye Condos
  • Skyland
  • Sloans Highlands
  • Sloans Lake
  • Sloans Lake
  • Sloans Lake Heights
  • Smedleys
  • South Capitol Hill
  • South Decatur
  • South Fairview
  • South Park Hill
  • South Pearl Commons Condos
  • South Platte
  • South Swansea Addition
  • Southern Hills
  • Southlawn Gardens
  • Southmoor
  • Southmoor Park
  • Southwest Denver
  • Speer
  • Speer Lofts Condos
  • Spire
  • Springfield at Indian Creek
  • St James Heights
  • Stadium Lofts
  • Stanford Commons
  • Stapleton
  • Stebbins Heights
  • Stevens School Condos
  • Stiles Addition
  • Stoney Brook
  • Sumners Addition
  • Sun Valley
  • Sunnyside
  • Sunnyside
  • Sunnyside Highlands
  • Sunrise Club Addition
  • Sunset Heights
  • Sunset Terrace
  • Swallow Hill
  • Swanee Condos
  • Swansea
  • Syracuse Village
  • Tall Pines
  • Tamarac Hills
  • Tamaron
  • Tapestry Flats Condos
  • Taxi 2 Condos
  • Tejon Heights
  • Terrace at Stoney Brook
  • Terre Bonne
  • Thatcher Condos
  • The Flats at Fulton Court
  • The Paragon
  • The Polo Club
  • The Promontory
  • The Turtle Creek Condos
  • The Village
  • Thornton
  • Three Fountains
  • Topaz at Indian Creek
  • Tower on the Park
  • Towers at Cheesman Park
  • Towne Square Lofts
  • Townhomes at Leyden Walk
  • Trail Creek Ranch Condos
  • Trails at Parkfield Lake Condos
  • Tuxedo Park Addition
  • Two Thousand Cheesman East
  • Ullmans Addition
  • Union Addition
  • Union Station
  • University Gardens
  • University Hills
  • University Park
  • University Place
  • Uptown 21 Condos
  • Uptown Lofts Condos
  • Uptown Tower on the Park
  • Valley Hi
  • Valley Station
  • Valley Vista
  • Valverde
  • Valverde Heights
  • Van Camps Addition
  • Versailles Condos
  • Vestal Addition
  • Viaduct Addition
  • Viking Condos
  • Villa Marbella
  • Villa Margaux Townhomes
  • Villa Park Addition
  • Village Commons
  • Village West
  • Villages at Raccoon Creek
  • Villarosso Residences
  • Villas at Cherry Hills
  • Villas at Stoney Brook
  • Virginia Vale
  • Virginia Village
  • Vrooman
  • Walnut Hill Subdivison
  • Wareington
  • Warren Square Condos
  • Washington
  • Washington Manor Condos
  • Washington Park
  • Washington Terrace
  • Watermark Village
  • Waterside Lofts
  • Watertower Lofts Condos
  • Watertown Place
  • Welby Hill Condos
  • Wellington Condos
  • Wellshire East
  • Wellshire Heights
  • Wellshire Hills
  • West Colfax
  • West End Lofts
  • West Highland
  • West Villa Park
  • West Washington Park
  • Westbridge
  • Westchester North
  • Westchester South
  • Western Hills
  • Westlawn Addition
  • Westlawn Gardens
  • Westmoorland
  • Westwood
  • Westwood Park
  • Whispering Pines
  • Whispering Pines West
  • Whittier
  • Wickford Patio Homes
  • Wildhorse Ridge Condos
  • Wilkies Addition
  • Wind Stream
  • Windsong
  • Windsor
  • Windsor Condos
  • Windsor Gardens
  • Windsor Gardens East
  • Winston Downs
  • Winston Downs
  • Wolff Place
  • Wonderland at City Park South
  • Wood
  • Woodglen
  • Woodside
  • Woodstream
  • Woodstream Falls
  • Woodstream Village
  • Wormington
  • Wymans Addition
  • Yale Heights Condos
  • Yale Park
  • Yorktown Homes
  • Yosemite Street Condos
  • Youngs Addition

[ continued ]

Queen City.

The spring of 1859 brought an enormous influx of "Pike's Peakers," and Denver suddenly sprang into an important city. It became a base of supplies for the mountain towns and mining camps. As the years rolled by, it forged ahead and outstripped all its rivals in Colorado Territory. In the 1860's Denver was dubbed "The City of the Plains." In the 1870's it was recognized as the metropolis of the Rocky Mountain country and got the nickname "Queen City of the Plains." In 1881 it was chosen as the permanent capital of the Centennial State.

State Capitol Building

The Capitol is situated on Capitol Hill, 1-1/2 miles from Union Depot and about one mile from the post office. The corner-stone of the Capitol was laid July 4, 1890. Although the building was not completed in 1895, the Tenth General Assembly met in it. Some of the decorative details of the State House were not finished until 1900. The cost of construction exceeded $2,500,000. Mr. E. E. Myers of Detroit was the architect. The Capitol site includes 10 acres of land, given to Colorado Territory by the late Henry C. Brown. The building stands in the center of a beautiful terrace. The west front faces Broadway; the north front faces Colfax or Fifteenth Avenue (the entrance being directly opposite Sherman Avenue); the east front faces Grant Street; and the south front faces Fourteenth Avenue.

The Colorado Capitol is a majestic edifice, cruciform in shape. It was built of native granite, and finished inside with Colorado onyx. The structure is of the Doric order of classic architecture, with Corinthian ornamentations. In its general appearance it is characterized by simplicity and severe grandeur. The interior decorations are tasteful and artistic. The Capitol is 384 feet long from north to south, 313 feet wide, and 102 feet high from the ground to the cornices. The distance from the ground line to the top of the globe on the dome is 276 feet. The building contains altogether 160 rooms.

  1. Parsons, Eugene, A Guidebook to Colorado, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1911

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