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May is National Preservation Month!
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Check out how we're celebrating and how you can join us!
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With Denver Landmark Preservation marking its 50-year anniversary in 2017, preservation planners have an exciting series of events planned for National Preservation Month. Throughout May, the team will host a weeklong exhibit in the Webb Municipal Building, as well as a series of "lunch & learn" events. Anyone with an interest in Denver’s history, architecture and geography is welcome to attend and learn more about historic preservation in Denver.
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The social media campaign Our #denverlandmark50 campaign will continue to highlight one local landmark daily on Twitter and Instagram, and one historic district weekly on Flickr. See what people are saying about our posts below!
The exhibit will run from Monday, May 15 to Friday, May 19 in the atrium of the Webb Municipal Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., during business hours. The displays will feature information on Denver’s landmark structures and historic districts, provide interesting facts about what makes them significant, and highlight historic Denver architects and architectural styles.
The lunch & learn series will take place the first four Wednesdays of the month, from noon to 1 p.m., in Webb Municipal Building room 4.I.4. Bring your own lunch or snack, and join us as planners share their expertise:
- Wednesday, May 3: "What makes a Denver Landmark?"
- Wednesday, May 10: "150 Years of Architecture in 50 Minutes"
- Wednesday, May 17: "The Masonry of Denver"
- Wednesday, May 24: "Discover Denver - Documenting Denver's History"
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Love and Learn about Landmarks through #denverlandmark50
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What our Twitter and Instagram followers are saying about our #denverlandmark50 posts:
@stephie_ct: I walk by this building every day to work and I've always wondered what its story is. Thanks for sharing!
@sedatedjane: I love this Instagram page! I recently bragged about my knowledge of a certain building thanks to your posts.
@denverpolice: If you aren’t following @DenverCPD on Twitter & Instagram, you don’t know what you’re missing.
@sahipps: Argh, I love seeing other people in love with this stuff :) Makes me happy
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Help us Improve the Landmark Preservation Website
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In response to customer feedback, we are currently working on a review and reorganization of the Landmark Preservation website (DenverGov.org/landmark) with the goal of providing clear, user-friendly instructions and easy-to-find materials and information on design review, design guidelines and other landmark processes.
As we work to implement changes, we want to hear from customers and site visitors about areas of the site that are most in need of improvement. Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey and give us your feedback, so we may create a website that better serves your needs.
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Love Preservation?
Join our Team!
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Community Planning and Development is currently looking for talented applicants to fill two positions with Landmark Preservation. Read the job descriptions and apply:
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Q & A with Colorado Preservation, Inc.
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Colorado Preservation, Inc.'s April newsletter featured a Q&A with Denver Landmark Preservation on the program's 50th anniversary:
Tell us about the Denver Landmark Preservation Ordinance.
The ordinance was adopted March 6, 1967 and has empowered the people of Denver to designate and preserve more than 300 individual local landmarks and more than 50 historic districts. The ordinance also establishes the framework by which Denver’s Landmark Preservation program supports property owners and residents as they enhance and maintain their historic properties. In the fifty years since the ordinance was adopted, preservation has moved toward allowing changes that help adapt buildings to modern uses, so the ordinance and our design guidelines have been updated and revised several times to reflect that and to better address modern preservation practices.
How has it impacted Denver?
By allowing the community to identify and preserve buildings of significance, the ordinance has helped preserve Denver’s cultural legacy, history, and its architectural and geographic landscape—all things that contribute to the city’s character and that we often
hear about when people talk about what they love about Denver. Larimer Square (Denver’s first commercial street and first historic district), Lower Downtown and Union Station are all great examples of how preservation and redevelopment worked hand-in-hand to create attractive, well-loved places that are thriving and offer the amenities of a modern city, but remain well-rooted in history.
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The Bosler House Celebrates a Joyous Reopening
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Owners Jan and Steve Davis
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On April 1, Bosler House owners Steve and Jan Davis hosted a community open house to celebrate the home's restoration and return to neighborhood life.
For years, the house was uninhabitable due to damage from unpermitted alterations and neglect. After the city began foreclosure proceedings, the Davises purchased the house in March 2016 and have spent the last year working tirelessly to make the historic house their home. They moved in last fall.
At the open house, north Denver neighbors, historians and civic leaders including former auditor Dennis Gallagher and Historic Denver exec Annie Levinsky offered their congratulations, memories of the building and historic tales of its place in Denver's history. Nineteen descendants of Ambrose and Mary Bosler attended and toured the restored home. View photos>>
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About Landmark Preservation
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Landmark preservation is an important function of Denver Community Planning and Development. Denver City Council enacted the Denver Landmark Ordinance in 1967 to foster the protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of structures and districts of historical, architectural and/or geographic significance.
Staff in our Landmark Preservation office and two landmark boards carry out that mission through design review, historic surveys and landmark designations. Staff also assists owners of historic properties by providing guidance and resources for preserving, maintaining and rehabilitating historic buildings and properties. You can learn more about Denver's preservation efforts at Denvergov.org/landmark. Follow us on Twitter at @DenverCPD.
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