The Crawford Hill Mansion is a historic house located in Denver, Colorado. It was designated on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1990.[2] The French Renaissance Revival-style mansion is made of brick and sandstone with Ionic columns and a mansard roof.[3][4] The building is 19,000 square feet.[4]

Crawford Hill Mansion
Crawford Hill Mansion is located in Colorado
Crawford Hill Mansion
Crawford Hill Mansion is located in the United States
Crawford Hill Mansion
Location969 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado
Coordinates39°43′54.32″N 104°59′6.87″W / 39.7317556°N 104.9852417°W / 39.7317556; -104.9852417
Built1906
ArchitectTheodore Boal
Architectural styleFrench Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.90001417[1]
CSRHP No.5DV.71
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1990

The house was built by Crawford Hill and his wife Louise Sneed Hill in 1906 at the corner of Tenth and Sherman Streets.[2][5] The Hill family fortune having been made in the smelting industry. Louise Sneed Hill was the reigning head of Denver society who snubbed Jews and Catholics.[3] The mansion was later home to the Jewish Town Club and in 1990 it was restored as law offices[3] for Haddon, Morgan & Foreman. The restoration resolved issues that arose due to years of neglect and previous poor restoration efforts, and prevented the building from being demolished.[4]

In 2022, the historic house was purchased by the Salazar Family Foundation which was founded by Rob and Lola Salazar in 1999.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crawford Hill Mansion". National Park Service. September 13, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2018. With accompanying photos
  3. ^ a b c Thomas J. Noel (May 1, 2016). Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts. University Press of Colorado. p. PT165. ISBN 978-1-60732-422-5.
  4. ^ a b c Steve Womersley; Urban Design Group (2003). Urban Design Group/Inc: Selected and Current Works. Images Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-876907-07-5.
  5. ^ Morton, Tom (April 23, 2013). "Louise Sneed Hill and Denver's "Sacred Thirty-Six" - Fairmount Cemetery". Fairmount Cemetery. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.