Crawford Hill Mansion

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Crawford Hill Mansion
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Location969 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado
Coordinates 39°43′54.32″N104°59′6.87″W / 39.7317556°N 104.9852417°W / 39.7317556; -104.9852417 Coordinates: 39°43′54.32″N104°59′6.87″W / 39.7317556°N 104.9852417°W / 39.7317556; -104.9852417
Built1906
Architect Theodore Boal
Architectural style French Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No. 90001417 [1]
CSRHP No.5DV.71
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1990

The Crawford Hill Mansion is a historic house located in Denver, Colorado. It was designated on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1990. [2] The French Renaissance Revival-style mansion is made of brick and sandstone with Ionic columns and a mansard roof. [3] [4] The building is 19,000 square feet. [4]

The house was built by Crawford Hill and his wife Louise Sneed Hill in 1906 at the corner of Tenth and Sherman Streets. [2] [5] The Hill family fortune having been made in the smelting industry. Louise Sneed Hill was the reigning head of Denver society who snubbed Jews and Catholics. [3] The mansion was later home to the Jewish Town Club and in 1990 it was restored as law offices [3] for Haddon, Morgan & Foreman. The restoration resolved issues that arose due to years of neglect and previous poor restoration efforts, and prevented the building from being demolished. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crawford Hill Mansion". National Park Service. September 13, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) With accompanying photos
  3. 1 2 3 Thomas J. Noel (May 1, 2016). Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts. University Press of Colorado. p. PT165. ISBN   978-1-60732-422-5.
  4. 1 2 3 Steve Womersley; Urban Design Group (2003). Urban Design Group/Inc: Selected and Current Works. Images Publishing. p. 152. ISBN   978-1-876907-07-5.
  5. Morton, Tom (April 23, 2013). "Louise Sneed Hill and Denver's "Sacred Thirty-Six" - Fairmount Cemetery". Fairmount Cemetery. Retrieved July 2, 2018.