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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3A_st-elmo-hotel-historical_Denver-CO.html
The St. Elmo Hotel, constructed in 1896, joined a pantheon of grand and small hotels clustered in lower downtown to serve railroad travelers. In 1870, the first Denver Pacific locomotive pulled into Denver, and prosperity followed close on its whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U2C_windsor-farm-dairy-building-the-crocker-cracker-factory-historical_Denver-CO.html
Windsor Farm Dairy Building
1918
A building with a milky past, the Windsor Farm Dairy was built in 1918 for $30.000. A leading Denver architectural firm, Fisher & Fisher, designed this red brick structure with terra cotta trim for H. Brown C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U24_blake-street-area-historical_Denver-CO.html
Blake Street was named after Charles Blake, who came to Denver in 1858, and established supply depots throughout Lower Downtown.
Originally, the area was Denver's warehouse, brothel, and sporting house district. Some of the most infamous establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1Z_18th-st-atrium-littleton-creamery-beatrice-cold-storage-warehouse-historical_Denver-CO.html
18th St. Atrium
1919
One of the last buildings constructed in "Warehouse Row," which stretched from Cherry Creek to the 1900 blocks of Wynkoop Street, 1621 18th Street originated as the warehouse and offices for Bourk, Donaldson and Taylor, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1Y_merchandise-mart-historical_Denver-CO.html
Built in 1930-31 as a multi-tenant warehouse, 1863 Wazee Street is representative of the final building period in Lower Downtown until the boom of the 1980's. Architect Montana Fallis used the modernistic style to establish this building as Denver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0G_edward-w-wynkoop-historical_Denver-CO.html
This building is named for Edward W. Wynkoop (1836-1891) to honor his peacemaking efforts, though unsuccessful, to resolve the Indian-white conflict which resulted tragically in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.
Exaggerated reports of Indian-whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCS_wynkoop-street-rr-bridge-historical_Denver-CO.html
Denver's first settlement was along the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek. Arapahoe Indians named Cherry Creek for the wild chokecherries they harvested here in the fall. They respected the stream's power and warned the first t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBW_hop-alley-chinese-riot-of-1880-historical_Denver-CO.html
During the 1860's, the first Chinese settled in Colorado. Drawn here by the completion of the transcontinental railroad as well as by other demands for cheap manual labor. Existing amidst persecution, poverty and wretched living conditions, the Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBV_red-light-district-market-street-historical_Denver-CO.html
'The wickedest street in the city' from the 1880's to 1912, Holliday (now Market Street) was awash in cheap cribs and elaborate bordellos, dance halls and seedy saloons where over 1,000 women sold their charms. In the bustling underground economy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBU_the-house-of-mirrors-historical_Denver-CO.html
This building was constructed by
madam Jennie Rogers in 1889 and became
the classiest bordello in the Rocky
Mountain West. Another famous pleasure
queen, Mattie Silks, operated the business
from 1911 until it was closed by federal
edict in a…