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Denver County, Colorado

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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329historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
715,522pop. 2020
6cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 329 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Denver.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Colorado is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Denver titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

230 of 329 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

329 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
19th Street BridgeDenverStructure1985
655 Broadway BuildingDenverBuilding2023
Alamo Placita ParkDenverStructure1986
All Saints Episcopal ChurchDenverBuilding1978
Altamaha ApartmentsDenverBuilding2004
Annunciation ChurchDenverBuilding1990
Arcanum ApartmentsDenverBuilding1999
Arno ApartmentsDenverBuilding1987
Auraria 9th Street Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1973
Austin BuildingDenverBuilding1996
Avoca LodgeDenverBuilding1990
Bailey HouseDenverBuilding1978
Bancroft, Caroline, HouseDenverBuilding1990
Bastien's RestaurantDenverBuilding2009
Bats Grocery StoreDenverBuilding1988
Baur Confectionery CompanyDenverBuilding2006
BelcaroDenverBuilding1975
Bennett-Field HouseDenverBuilding2010
Berkeley Lake ParkDenverDistrict1986
Berkeley SchoolDenverBuilding1996
Bluebird TheaterDenverBuilding1997
Bonfils Memorial TheaterDenverBuilding2006
Boston BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Bouvier-Lothrop HouseDenverBuilding1980
Bowman, William Norman, House-YamecilaDenverBuilding1991
Brinker Collegiate InstituteDenverBuilding1977
Brown Palace HotelDenverBuilding1970
Brown, J. S., Mercantile BuildingDenverBuilding1988
Brown, Molly, HouseDenverBuilding1972
Brueger Brothers Building and AnnexDenverBuilding1998
Bryant-Webster Elementary SchoolDenverBuilding1995
Buchtel BungalowDenverBuilding1988
Building at 1389 Stuart StreetDenverBuilding1982
Building at 1390 Stuart StreetDenverBuilding1982
Building at 1435 Stuart StreetDenverBuilding1982
Building at 1444 Stuart StreetDenverBuilding1982
Building at 1471 Stuart StreetDenverBuilding1982
Burlington HotelDenverBuilding1998
Butters, Alfred, HouseDenverBuilding1982
Byers-Evans HouseDenverBuilding1970
CB&Q Denver Shops PowerhouseDenverBuilding2021
Campbell, Richard Crawford, HouseDenverBuilding1979
Capitol Life Insurance BuildingDenverBuilding1997
Carter-Rice BuildingDenverBuilding1984
Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionDenverBuilding1975
Central Presbyterian Church (Additional Documentation)DenverBuilding1974
Chamber of Commerce BuildingDenverBuilding2001
Chamberlin ObservatoryDenverBuilding1980
Chapel No. 1DenverBuilding1982
Chappell, Delos Allen, HouseDenverBuilding1982
Chateau, TheDenverBuilding2007
Cheesman ParkDenverDistrict1986
Cheesman Park DuplexDenverBuilding1983
Cheesman Park EsplanadeDenverStructure1986
Christ Methodist Episcopal ChurchDenverBuilding1976
City ParkDenverDistrict1986
City Park EsplanadeDenverStructure1986
City Park GolfDenverDistrict1986
Civic Center Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1974
Clayton, George W., Trust and CollegeDenverDistrict2006
Clements RowhouseDenverBuilding1980
Clermont Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Colburn HotelDenverBuilding2020
Cole Neighborhood Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1995
Colorado Governor's MansionDenverBuilding1969
Colorado National Bank BuildingDenverBuilding2010
Colorado State Capitol Annex Building and Boiler PlantDenverBuilding1991
Colorado Woman's College (Additional Documentation)DenverDistrict1978
Colorado Woman's College (Boundary Increase)DenverDistrict2023
Cornwall ApartmentsDenverBuilding1976
Country Club Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1979
Country Club Historic District (Boundary Increase)DenverDistrict1985
Cranmer HouseDenverBuilding2005
Cranmer ParkDenverStructure1986
Crawford Hill MansionDenverBuilding1990
Creswell MansionDenverBuilding1977
Crocker, F. W., and Company Steam Cracker FactoryDenverBuilding1984
Croke-Patterson-Campbell MansionDenverBuilding1973
Curry-Chucovich HouseDenverBuilding1978
Curtis-Champa Streets DistrictDenverDistrict1975
Curtis-Champa Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase)DenverDistrict1983
Daniels and Fisher TowerDenverBuilding1969
Denver Athletic ClubDenverBuilding1979
Denver City Cable Railway BuildingDenverBuilding1979
Denver City Railway Company BuildingDenverBuilding1984
Denver Civic Center NHLDenverBuilding2012
Denver Civic Center Classroom BuildingDenverBuilding1990
Denver Dry Goods Company BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Denver Indian CenterDenverBuilding2025
Denver Medical DepotDenverDistrict1998
Denver MintDenverBuilding1972
Denver Municipal AuditoriumDenverBuilding1991
Denver Orphans' HomeDenverBuilding1999
Denver Press ClubDenverBuilding2017
Denver Public LibraryDenverBuilding1990
Denver Tramway PowerhouseDenverBuilding2001
Denver Veterans Administration Medical CenterDenverDistrict2025
Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo Motor Way Company Inc. GaragesDenverBuilding2017
Dickinson Branch LibraryDenverBuilding2002
Doud, John and Elvira, HouseDenverBuilding2005
Dow-Rosenzweig HouseDenverBuilding1982
Downing Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Downtown Denver Central YMCA and Annex (Additional Documentation)DenverBuilding2004
Doyle-Benton HouseDenverBuilding2006
Dunning-Benedict HouseDenverBuilding1984
Dunwoody, William J., HouseDenverBuilding1979
East Fourth Avenue ParkwayDenverStructure1986
East High School (Additional Documentation)DenverBuilding2006
East Seventeenth Avenue ParkwayDenverStructure1986
East Seventh Avenue ParkwayDenverStructure1986
East Sixth Avenue ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Eleventh Avenue HotelDenverBuilding2021
Elitch TheatreDenverBuilding1978
Elsner, John, HouseDenverBuilding1979
Emerson SchoolDenverBuilding1997
Emily Griffith Opportunity SchoolDenverBuilding2022
Emmanuel Shearith Israel ChapelDenverBuilding1969
Enterprise Hill Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1979
Eppich ApartmentsDenverBuilding1984
Equitable BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Equity Savings and Loan CompanyDenverBuilding2025
Evans Memorial ChapelDenverBuilding1974
Evans SchoolDenverBuilding1980
Field, Eugene, HouseDenverBuilding1974
Fire Station No. 1DenverBuilding1979
Fire Station No. 3DenverBuilding2024
First Avenue HotelDenverBuilding2020
First Baptist Church of DenverDenverBuilding2005
First Congregational ChurchDenverBuilding1987
First National Bank BuildingDenverBuilding1996
First Unitarian Society of DenverDenverBuilding2017
Fisher, William G., HouseDenverBuilding1974
Fitzroy PlaceDenverBuilding1975
Fleming-Hanington HouseDenverBuilding1982
Flower, John S., HouseDenverBuilding1980
Flower-Vaile HouseDenverBuilding1982
Ford, Barney L., BuildingDenverBuilding1976
Ford, Justina, HouseDenverBuilding1984
Forest Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Fort Logan National CemeteryDenverDistrict2016
Foster, A. C., BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Foster, Ernest LeNeve, HouseDenverBuilding1980
Fountain InnDenverBuilding2020
Four-Mile HouseDenverBuilding1969
Fourth Church of Christ, ScientistDenverBuilding2004
Gates, Russell and Elinor, MansionDenverBuilding2002
Gebhard MansionDenverBuilding1992
General Electric BuildingDenverBuilding1983
Glenarm Place Historic Residential DistrictDenverDistrict1983
Grafton, TheDenverBuilding1982
Grant-Humphreys MansionDenverBuilding1970
Grimm, S. A., BlockDenverBuilding1992
Guerrieri-Decunto HouseDenverBuilding1979
Hamburger, George, BlockDenverBuilding1990
Hanigan-Canino TerraceDenverBuilding1987
Haskell HouseDenverBuilding1983
Hegner, Casper Forman and Nancy Lee, HouseDenverBuilding2023
Helene Apartment BuildingDenverBuilding1998
Hendrie and Bolthoff Warehouse BuildingDenverBuilding1988
Highland ParkDenverDistrict1986
Highland Park Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1985
Highlands Masonic LodgeDenverBuilding1995
House at 1750 Gilpin StreetDenverBuilding2004
Hover, W.A., and Company BuildingDenverBuilding1999
Humboldt Street Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1978
Hungarian Freedom ParkDenverStructure1986
Ideal BuildingDenverBuilding1977
Iliff HallDenverBuilding2006
Inspiration PointDenverStructure1986
J. Warner Mills HouseDenverBuilding2024
James, Harry C., HouseDenverBuilding2020
John and Nettie Kirtley HouseDenverBuilding2024
Joshel, Lloyd M., HouseDenverBuilding1995
Joslin Dry Goods Company BuildingDenverBuilding1997
Keating, Jeffery and Mary, HouseDenverBuilding1980
Kerr HouseDenverBuilding2002
Kistler Stationery Company BuildingDenverBuilding1997
Kistler-Rodriguez HouseDenverBuilding1983
Kittredge BuildingDenverBuilding1977
Kohn HouseDenverBuilding2005
Kopper's Hotel and SaloonDenverBuilding1999
La Vista MotelDenverBuilding2025
Lang, William, TownhouseDenverBuilding1983
Larimer SquareDenverDistrict1973
Larimer Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)DenverBuilding1994
LeFevre, Owen E., HouseDenverBuilding1976
Leeman Auto Company BuildingDenverBuilding2001
Lewis, A. T., New BuildingDenverBuilding1994
Lewis, A. T., and Son Department StoreDenverBuilding1994
Littleton Creamery-Beatrice Foods Cold Storage WarehouseDenverBuilding1985
Livestock Exchange BuildingDenverBuilding2025
Loretto Heights AcademyDenverBuilding1975
Loretto Heights Academy (Additional Documentation)DenverDistrict1975
Lowry Field Brick BarracksDenverBuilding1998
Macedonia Baptist ChurchDenverBuilding2015
Machebeuf HallDenverBuilding2023
Masonic Temple BuildingDenverBuilding1977
McClintock BuildingDenverBuilding2005
McCourt, Peter, HouseDenverBuilding1983
McPhee and McGinnity BuildingDenverBuilding1984
McPhee and McGinnity Paint FactoryDenverBuilding2003
Midland Savings BuildingDenverBuilding2001
Midwest Steel and Iron Works Company ComplexDenverBuilding1985
Moffat StationDenverBuilding1976
Monaco Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Montclair ParkDenverStructure1986
Montgomery CourtDenverBuilding1986
Montview BoulevardDenverStructure1986
Montview Boulevard Presbyterian ChurchDenverBuilding2004
Moore, Dora, Elementary SchoolDenverBuilding1978
Mosque of the El Jebel ShrineDenverBuilding1997
Motor Coach Division Building-Denver Tramway CompanyDenverBuilding1998
Neef, Frederick W., HouseDenverBuilding1979
Neusteter BuildingDenverBuilding1987
New TerraceDenverBuilding1987
Niblock-Yacovetta TerraceDenverBuilding1986
Nordlund HouseDenverBuilding1998
Norman ApartmentsDenverBuilding1983
Nurses' HomeDenverBuilding2024
Ogden TheatreDenverBuilding1995
Old Highland Business DistrictDenverDistrict1979
Oriental TheaterDenverBuilding1997
Orlando FlatsDenverBuilding1984
Our Lady of Mount Carmel ChurchDenverDistrict2017
Overland Cotton MillDenverBuilding2001
Oxford HotelDenverBuilding1979
Pacific Express StableDenverBuilding1984
Palmer, Judge Peter L. HouseDenverBuilding1982
Palmer-Ferril HouseDenverBuilding1992
Paramount TheaterDenverBuilding1980
Park HillDenverDistrict2004
Pearce-McAllister CottageDenverBuilding1972
Peoples Presbyterian ChurchDenverBuilding2016
Peters Paper Company WarehouseDenverBuilding1988
Photography and Armament School Buildings, Lowry Air Force BaseDenverBuilding2002
Pierce-Haley HouseDenverBuilding1984
Potter Highlands Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1986
Preston HouseDenverBuilding2025
Pride of the Rockies Flour MillDenverBuilding1995
Public Service BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Railway Exchange Addition and Railway Exchange New BuildingDenverBuilding1997
Ray Apartments BuildingsDenverBuilding2001
Raymond, Wilbur S., HouseDenverBuilding1974
Richthofen CastleDenverBuilding1975
Richthofen MonumentDenverStructure1986
Richthofen Place ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Robinson HouseDenverBuilding2003
Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company BuildingDenverBuilding1999
Rocky Mountain HotelDenverBuilding1983
Rocky Mountain Lake ParkDenverStructure1986
Romeo BlockDenverBuilding1996
Root, Amos H., BuildingDenverBuilding1980
Ross-Broadway Branch, Denver Public LibraryDenverBuilding2017
Rossonian HotelDenverBuilding1995
Roth, Henry, HouseDenverBuilding1997
Saint Philomena Catholic Parish SchoolDenverBuilding2011
Saint Thomas Theological SeminaryDenverBuilding1989
San Rafael Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1986
Schleier, George, MansionDenverBuilding1977
Schlessinger HouseDenverBuilding1979
Schmidt, George, HouseDenverBuilding1976
Sheedy MansionDenverBuilding2004
Sherman Street Historic DistrictDenverDistrict2004
Shorter Community AME ChurchDenverBuilding2025
Sixth Avenue Community ChurchDenverBuilding2010
Smith HouseDenverBuilding1985
Smith's Irrigation DitchDenverDistrict1976
Smith, Milo A., HouseDenverBuilding1997
Smith, Pierce T., HouseDenverBuilding1984
Soldiers and Sailors Club-ColoredDenverBuilding2025
South High SchoolDenverBuilding2022
South Marion Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
South Platte River BridgesDenverStructure2002
South Side-Baker Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1985
Speer BoulevardDenverStructure1986
Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company-Davis Brothers WarehouseDenverBuilding1985
St. Andrews Episcopal ChurchDenverBuilding1975
St. Dominic's ChurchDenverBuilding1996
St. Elizabeth's ChurchDenverBuilding1969
St. Elizabeth's Retreat ChapelDenverBuilding1976
St. Ignatius Loyola ChurchDenverBuilding1994
St. John's CathedralDenverBuilding1975
St. Joseph's Polish Roman Catholic ChurchDenverBuilding1983
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of DenverDenverBuilding1982
St. Mark's Parish ChurchDenverBuilding1975
St. Patrick Mission ChurchDenverBuilding1979
St. Paul's English Evangelical Lutheran ChurchDenverBuilding1997
Stanley ArmsDenverBuilding1999
Stanley School-Montclair SchoolDenverBuilding2007
Stearns HouseDenverBuilding1982
Stonemen's Row Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1984
Sugar BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Sunken GardensDenverStructure1986
Swallow Hill Historic DistrictDenverDistrict1988
Tallmadge and Boyer BlockDenverBuilding1982
Tammen HallDenverBuilding2019
Tears-McFarlane HouseDenverBuilding1976
Telephone BuildingDenverBuilding2005
Temple EmanuelDenverBuilding2003
Temple EmanuelDenverBuilding1978
Temple EmanuelDenverBuilding1987
The Owl Club of DenverDenverBuilding2024
The Petroleum Club BuildingDenverBuilding2025
Thomas, H. H., HouseDenverBuilding1975
Tilden School for Teaching HealthDenverDistrict1995
Tivoli Brewery CompanyDenverBuilding1973
Tramway BuildingDenverBuilding1978
Trinity United Methodist ChurchDenverBuilding1970
U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office BuildingDenverBuilding2016
U.S. CustomhouseDenverBuilding1979
U.S. Post Office and Federal BuildingDenverBuilding1973
US National BankDenverBuilding1994
Union StationDenverBuilding1974
Union WarehouseDenverBuilding1982
University BoulevardDenverStructure1986
Vine Street HousesDenverDistrict1974
Walters, Manuella C., DuplexDenverBuilding2009
Washington ParkDenverDistrict1986
Weckbaugh HouseDenverBuilding1984
West Forty-sixth Avenue ParkwayDenverStructure1986
West Side Court BuildingDenverBuilding2004
Westside NeighborhoodDenverDistrict1975
White Spot RestaurantDenverBuilding2019
Williams Street ParkwayDenverStructure1986
Wood-Morris-Bonfils HouseDenverBuilding1974
Zall HouseDenverBuilding2005
Zang, Adolph J., HouseDenverBuilding1979
Zang, Adolph, MansionDenverBuilding1977
Zeitz Buckhorn ExchangeDenverBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Denver was formed in 1902 (1902-11-15) from SOUTH ARAPAHOE following the approval of Colorado Constitutional Amendment XX by voters on 4 Nov 1902.

City and County of DENVER created from SOUTH ARAPAHOE (now ARAPAHOE) following the approval of Colorado Constitutional Amendment XX by voters on 4 Nov 1902. The governor issued his official proclamation 1 Dec 1902.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Denver County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

716k464k213k191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
213,381256,491322,412415,786493,887492,365554,636715,522

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Manhattan Project National Historic ParkPark unit34.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed
NameLatLon
Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount39.7078-104.90178
Fairmount Cemetery39.70753-104.89808
Fairmount Mortuary39.70899-104.90266
Fort Logan National Cemetery39.64693-105.04804
Olinger Hampden Memorial Gardens Cemetery39.65215-104.88904
The Cremation Gardens at Rocky Mountain Memorial Park39.65971-104.85581

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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