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Oakes Home
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Founded in 1894 by the Reverend Frederick W. Oakes of the Episcopal Diocese, the Oakes Home was the first tuberculosis sanitarium to be built in the...
Mouat House/ Lumber Baron Inn
Historic Denver Inc.
John Mouat, owner of a Denver/Aspen lumber company and vice president of North Side Building and Loan Company, built this large Queen Anne mansion....
Pomroy's Folly
Historic Denver Inc.
Marcus “Brick” Pomeroy, supposedly named for his red hair (though photos show him as bald) was Potter-Highlands’ most notorious...
Potter-Highlands Historic District History
Historic Denver Inc.
Situated on a hill northwest of the Platte River, overlooking the city, are the Highlands of Denver. The Highlands is not just one district, but many...
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Hugh Mackay House

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:53am
Hugh Mackay House
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Hugh Mackay House
Creator: Herrick, Cynthia S.
Subject: Mackay, Hugh--Homes and haunts.
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Frank Milton House

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:52am
Frank Milton House
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Frank Milton House
Creator: Herrick, Cynthia S.
Subject: Milton, Frank--Homes and haunts.
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Oakes Home

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:48am
Oakes Home
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Oakes Home
Creator: Source unknown.
Subject: St. Elizabeth's Retreat (Denver, Colo.); Religious facilities.; Highland (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)
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Oakes Home

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:16pm

Founded in 1894 by the Reverend Frederick W. Oakes of the Episcopal Diocese, the Oakes Home was the first tuberculosis sanitarium to be built in the city, the second to be built in the United States, and the largest in Potter-Highlands. There were more than twenty-five Classical Revival buildings in the original complex. Among the first were the Emily House for Women and the Grace House for Husbands and Wives (September 1895), St. Andrews House for Men (1896), and Hearts-Ease for the Critically Ill (October 1896).  Read more »

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Mouat House/ Lumber Baron Inn

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:15pm

John Mouat, owner of a Denver/Aspen lumber company and vice president of North Side Building and Loan Company, built this large Queen Anne mansion. It is said that he lost his fortune in 1893 and moved out of the house shortly thereafter. In fact, Mouat lived in the house until 1906, when he retired and eventually moved to San Diego. This mansion was subsequently bought by two Denver attorneys. It was initially subdivided in the 1930s and further subdivided into twenty-three makeshift apartments during World War II.  Read more »

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Hugh Mackay House

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:53am
Hugh Mackay House
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Hugh Mackay House
Creator: Herrick, Cynthia S.
Subject: Mackay, Hugh--Homes and haunts.
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Frank Milton House

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:52am
Frank Milton House
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Frank Milton House
Creator: Herrick, Cynthia S.
Subject: Milton, Frank--Homes and haunts.
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Oakes Home

Historic Denver Inc.
Aug 29 2012 - 9:48am
Oakes Home
Collection: Creating Your Community - Historic Denver
Title: Oakes Home
Creator: Source unknown.
Subject: St. Elizabeth's Retreat (Denver, Colo.); Religious facilities.; Highland (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)
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Oakes Home

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:16pm

Founded in 1894 by the Reverend Frederick W. Oakes of the Episcopal Diocese, the Oakes Home was the first tuberculosis sanitarium to be built in the city, the second to be built in the United States, and the largest in Potter-Highlands. There were more than twenty-five Classical Revival buildings in the original complex. Among the first were the Emily House for Women and the Grace House for Husbands and Wives (September 1895), St. Andrews House for Men (1896), and Hearts-Ease for the Critically Ill (October 1896).  Read more »

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Mouat House/ Lumber Baron Inn

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:15pm

John Mouat, owner of a Denver/Aspen lumber company and vice president of North Side Building and Loan Company, built this large Queen Anne mansion. It is said that he lost his fortune in 1893 and moved out of the house shortly thereafter. In fact, Mouat lived in the house until 1906, when he retired and eventually moved to San Diego. This mansion was subsequently bought by two Denver attorneys. It was initially subdivided in the 1930s and further subdivided into twenty-three makeshift apartments during World War II.  Read more »

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Pomroy's Folly

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:13pm

Marcus “Brick” Pomeroy, supposedly named for his red hair (though photos show him as bald) was Potter-Highlands’ most notorious citizen. Officially a newspaper editor, he made his money through his charismatic personality and various investment schemes. Brick was a promoter of more than twenty-five companies with mining interests, most of which eventually went bankrupt, and none of which ever paid the investors any dividends. His most ambitious scheme was to build the Atlantic and Pacific Tunnel through the Rockies.  Read more »

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Potter-Highlands Historic District History

Historic Denver Inc.
Jul 21 2012 - 4:09pm

Situated on a hill northwest of the Platte River, overlooking the city, are the Highlands of Denver. The Highlands is not just one district, but many, and was originally a city in its own right. It was incorporated in 1875. By 1890, Highlands included more than thirty-five separate sub-divisions. The city had high aspirations of its own, touting clean air high above the smoke and industry of Denver, clean artesian water, and most important, clean morals. Although liquor was not forbidden in Highlands, liquor licenses were so expensive that none were issued until well after Prohibition.  Read more »

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