SANTA FE COMES TO 7TH AVENUE HISTORIC!!! This charming adobe home is unique in the meandering yet cozy spaces and has been featured in local media and national magazines. Filled with custom painting, including an Italian style fresco in the dining room, the rooms flow to the outdoors through french doors that open to the patio. Located in the 7th Avenue Historic District, we are 2 doors down from the parkway, an easy walk to Cherry Creek and near the bike path that takes you directly downtown. During the 1920s, there was a growing interest in the Santa Fe and Taos areas of New Mexico, encouraged by the bourgening arts scene there. Today one can find lingering manifestations of the influenes brought back by Denver’s early modern arts crowd. Pueblo architecture sits in harmony with the environment as it seems to rise up out of the earth. Indeed, it was the only readily available material to the natives of American Southwestern deserts. In Denver, the Peublo Revival houses are constructed out of more substantial materials, but they retain the peaceful harmony of the original forms. This style isn’t seen often in Denver, but 656 Williams is typical of the Pueblo style. It has a flat roof with parapet wall which has round edges. Straight window frames with earth colored stucco adobe brick walls and projections. The Gardens were featured as an “Oasis of Peace” in Better Homes & Gardens The Kitchen was featured in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles The first floor includes kitchen that opens to a den and sunroom, formal dining room and living room with a wood burning fireplace. The dining room and sunroom open to the private back patio that features a built-in fireplace. Upstairs are 2 bedrooms, with a double and a single bed respectively. There is also a library with a dedicated workspace. A full laundry room and exercise equipment are in the basement. There is ample street parking in the neighborhood. The area is very walk-able, the house is situated on bike paths, and public transit is robust. My daughter lives a block away from my home and may assist with anything needed during your stay. The 7th Avenue Historic District From containing the residence of the Summer White House during the Eisenhower administration to being home of the inventor of the ice cream soda, the East 7th Avenue Historic District is one of the most interesting and beautiful in Denver. Primarily built from the 1890’s to the 1930’s, the East 7th Avenue Historic District is the largest in Denver with its boundaries stretching from Logan Street to Colorado Avenue, and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue. Between Steele and Harrison Streets, the district is limited to the 7th Avenue Parkway. Because Downing Street was a main thoroughfare in the late 1890’s, the earliest construction in the district is found nearby on the 700 Blocks of Corona and Marion. 7th and Williams Street contained a stable for horses that used the Cheesman Esplanade, or “Little Cheesman”, for their exercising. Additionally, the 700 Blocks of Franklin and Gilpin housed early greenhouse businesses that flourished as development began on the barren prairie land. The parkway itself was created in 1912 and rose from the peak of the City Beautiful movement. Mayor Speer hired well-known landscape architect Saco DeBoer to plan the plantings for many of the parks and parkways in the city. Charles Mulford Robinson, a city planner, and George Kissler, a Kansas City landscape architect, consulted with Frederick Law Olmstead, creator of New York’s Central Park, to construct plans for an entire system of city parks and parkways. Upon completion, by way of the East 7th Avenue Parkway, Cheesman Esplanade, and Williams Street Parkway one could travel all the way from City Park to Washington Park! Early residents of the 7th Avenue Historic District were a mix of both wealthy and middle class citizens. As development continued, larger mansions were built on corners and facing the parkway while more modest homes, including duplexes and flats, were built to the north and south. William E. Fisher and Glen Wood Huntington designed many of the residences within the district. Pre-WWI construction styles were primarily Mediterranean Revival, Neoclassical, and Colonial Revival, though the district is home to quite a variety of architectural styles that lend to its unique character. The Governor’s Mansion, at 8th and Logan, is housed within the 7th Avenue Historic District, and was planned by Walter Scott Cheesman. Later purchased by the Boettcher family, the residence was donated to the state for the Governor’s Mansion in the late 1950’s. 750 Lafayette was the childhood home of Mamie Doud (Eisenhower), and was the location of the Eisenhower’s wedding as well as the working White House in the summers during his time in office. 2700 East 7th Avenue was first owned by Marie Baur, the widow of Otto Baur, who came up with the idea for the ice cream soda! Today the East 7th Avenue Historic District retains much of its original character and charm and continues to thrive as one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city. The house is outfitted with an evaporative cooler, which is a very effective way of keeping cool in the summer. Steam heat is the perfect way to stay cozy in the winter.