Planned under contract with the Olmsted Brothers, this half-mile parkway is unique in Denver and features a double row of American Elms (planted on alternate centers to increase the canopy) and colorful shrub plantings on either side of a single roadway.

The Westside Neighborhood district encompasses a five-block area.  The growth of the neighborhood parallels Denver’s role as a supplier and market for mining areas to the west. 

The 1921 West Side Court Building served for thirty years as the municipal court for the City and County of Denver and as one of the primary court facilities of the State district court system.  The courthouse functioned as the principal court for the city until the completion of the Denver City and County Building in 1931.  The building continued to function as a municipal court in conjunction with the new building. 

This 1.5-mile parkway is of a type used to connect parks (in this case Rocky Mountain Lake Park with Berkeley Lake Park). 

Designed by Jules J.B. Benedict, the 1930-33 Weckbaugh house is one of few local examples of the Norman Chateau style. The large mansion, with ten bedrooms and baths, is situated on 1.7 acres of landscaped grounds.

Reinhard Schuetze laid out this scenic park in the grand Victorian manner in 1889.  It features two beautiful lakes; the largest meadow in the Denver park system; a remnant of the City Ditch (which was essential to the watering and hence the development of the park); a forested hill graded by the Olmsted Brothers and planted by DeBoer; romantic deciduous tree plantings; the largest formal summer flower beds in the Denver park and parkway system; and important architectural embellishments such as the 1913 Boat House on Smith’s Lake.

The 1912 Manuella C. Walters Duplex is an unusual example of side-gabled Foursquare form with Craftsman style detailing, such as overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, brick exterior, and gabled front porches with truss work. 

The Voorhees House is one of a series of six designed by prominent Denver architects William Lang and Marshall Pugh for real estate developer Ralph Voorhees.  Voorhees platted the six-block West Colfax subdivision in 1891 as part of his growing real estate and city improvement activities. 

Constructed between 1890 and 1893, the five Vine Street houses were part of Denver’s early residential real estate development before the Silver Crash and depression of 1893.

The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the International Style.  The stair towers, the horizontally ribboned windows and the use of the cantilever are all distinctive characteristics of the style.