Cheesman-Boettcher Mansion (Governor's Mansion)

Walter S. Cheesman, an early and long-time Denver promoter and developer, began work on the house in 1904. He died before its completion in 1908. John Evans and his wife Gladys, Cheesman’s daughter, lived in the house until about 1926 when Claude Boettcher, son of the founder of the Great Western Sugar Company, purchased the property. In 1960, the Colonial Revival mansion was transferred from the Boettchers to the State of Colorado, and it became the official home for the state’s governor.

Photo and text credit: OAHP, History Colorado

400 E 8th Ave
Denver, CO 80203