National and State Register
Metzger Farm
Adams County
The Metzger Farm, an intact complex of farmhouse, caretakers’ house, barn, outbuildings, gardens, lakes, crop fields/pasture and equipment, is agriculturally significant as an excellent example of a mid-twentieth century hobby farm.
It is also significant for its association with John Metzger, a prominent Denver lawyer, Colorado attorney general, political leader and entrepreneur. Finally, the farm is architecturally significant with a good example of a Colonial Revival style farmhouse, its Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements style caretakers’ house, and for the type, period and method of construction of its mid-century barn and various outbuildings.
National Register
Address
12080 Lowell Blvd., Westminster
Site Number
5AM.2830