The historic African-American congregation of the Macedonia Baptist Church has been housed at this location since 1963.  The buildings are locally significant in the areas of Ethnic Heritage: Black and Social History for the church’s association with and role in Denver’s civil rights struggle between 1963, date of the move of the congregation to this location, and 1965, in accordance with National Register guidance.  Among other civil rights luminaries over the course of the church’s history, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at this location in January 1964. 

The barracks represents America’s militarization program in response to the increasing international military threats in the Pacific and Europe in the late 1930s and early 1940s.  At the time of its construction in 1940, the building was one of the nation’s largest military barracks. 

Founded by the Sisters of Loretto, under the direction of Mother Pancratia Bonfils, the college began as Loretto Heights Academy, a Catholic boarding school for girls.  The campus, situated on high ground in southwest Denver, enjoys a commanding view of the mountains to the west. 

The 1903 Littleton Creamery is a rare example of early 20th century industrial design and function.  The building exhibits skillful masonry work in its brick polychromatic exterior and its successful functional design as a cold storage warehouse in continuous use for eighty years.

The building housed a succession of dry goods and department stores from 1891 to 1970, including: Salomon’s Bazaar (1891-95); A.T. Lewis and Son Department Store (1896-1932); and W.T. Grant Company (1940-70).

Constructed in 1917 to expand the retail space for the A.T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company, the six-story annex makes extensive use of sculptural terra cotta ornamentation reminiscent of the work of Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. 

Constructed prior to 1896, the two-story brick residence has a raised basement and porch walls of stone.  A large hipped roof dormer incorporating the attic level is located toward the front of the steeply pitched complex roof. 

The 1932 brick building, with its large 1934 addition, reflects the development of the automobile sales and service industry along Broadway, a main Denver thoroughfare since the 1800s. 

The district is located where Denver’s development began in 1858.  The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation two and three-story brick buildings date from the late 19th century.  They are representative of late Victorian era commercial architecture and incorporate a variety of Gothic Revival, Italianate, Renaissance Revival, and Neoclassical architectural elements. 

This 1890 residence is one of five townhouses constructed in the 1600 block of Washington St. designed by prolific Denver architect William Lang.  Noted for his use of an eclectic mix of architectural detailing, Lang occupied this residence until the Silver Crash of 1893 apparently ended his Denver career.