Fitzroy Place (Colorado)

The Fitzroy Place is a historic home in Denver, Colorado. Completed in 1893, it was designed by Fuller and Wheeler, New York architects, and was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style that was extremely popular on the American West Coast. The architects were noted for the numerous educational buildings they designed in the United States and overseas. Elizabeth Iliff Warren, widow of John Wesley Iliff, a successful cattle baron and Denver philanthropist, commissioned the mansion. John Wesley died in 1878 of gall bladder obstruction, leaving Elizabeth, at 34, with four children, cattle, and a land empire. The Fitzroy Mansion was named on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a Denver Historic Landmark in 2008.[2]

Fitzroy Place
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
Location2160 S Cook St
Denver, Colorado
Current tenantsAccelerated Schools
Construction started1891
Completed1893
CostUS$65.000
(US$2.2 million in 2023 dollars[1])
ClientElizabeth Iliff Warren
OwnerAccelerated Schools
Technical details
MaterialRed Stone
Size19,000+ square ft
Floor count3
Lifts/elevators1 (no longer in the building)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Fuller and Wheeler
Other information
Number of rooms120
ParkingParking Lot, Street
Warren/Iliff Mansion
NRHP reference No.75000508
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1975
Designated NHLSeptember 12, 1974

Name origin

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The Warren-Iliff Mansion, more commonly known as The Fitzroy Place, was named after the Elizabeth's birthplace in Ontario, Canada.[citation needed]

History

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When Iliff Hall was started, construction had begun on a stone residence for the Warrens on South Cook Street. They had engaged the services of Fuller Wheeler, architects of Albany, New York. Though the plans for Iliff Hall have been lost, one would expect to have both buildings made with Lyons red sandstone and simultaneously designed by the same architects. They were, for William S. Iliff paid Fuller and Wheeler $1,750 for the architectural designs on June 10, 1892. For many years, it was believed that the architect had been Frank E. Edbrooke of Denver because it was known that he had designed many Denver homes of the period.[3]

Fuller and Wheeler had offered to build the structure for "not less than $50,000," and by January 25, 1893, the total cost was $62,250.[3]

Building statistics

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Behind the over one hundred different doors of the property, separating between three different buildings, is sixteen basement doors, twenty-eight first-floor doors, eighteen-second floor doors, twenty-one third-floor doors, and one fourth-floor door.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ NPGallery Digital Asset Management System
  3. ^ a b Iliff-Shattuck, Alberta (February 17, 1976). Singer Comes To Colorado. Denver: Denver Fortnightly Club. p. 16.
  4. ^ Iliff-Shattuck, Alberta (1976). Singer Comes To Colorado: The story behind the story. Denver: Denver Fortnightly Club. pp. 2–31.