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Elitch's Zoological Gardens opened May 1, 1890, on 16 acres (6.5 ha) of former farmland bought by John Elitch and Mary Elitch. It was the first zoo west of Chicago, and it offered the Denver community a unique cultural experience. Mary Elitch Long managed the park for 26 years following John's death in 1891.
The History Colorado Center is a museum in Denver, Colorado, USA dedicated to the history of the state of Colorado. [1] Construction on the $111 million building started on 19 August 2009. [ 2 ] The museum opened on 28 April 2012 at 1200 Broadway, [ 3 ] one block south of the site of its predecessor, the Colorado History Museum , which closed ...
August 4, 2015. Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, owned and maintained by the city of Denver as part of the Denver Mountain Parks system. The park is known for its very large red sandstone outcrops. Many of these rock formations within the park have names, from the mushroom-shaped Seat of Pluto to the inclined ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Denver. Coordinates: 39.7392°N 104.9849°W. Location of the City and County of Denver in Colorado. There are more than 300 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the City and County of Denver, the capital of the U.S. State of Colorado .
Tenants. Colorado Rockies ( MLB) (1995–present) Coors Field is a baseball stadium in downtown Denver, Colorado. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Colorado Rockies. Opened in 1995, the park is located in Denver's Lower Downtown neighborhood, two blocks from Union Station. The stadium has a capacity of 50,144 people for baseball.
The Denver Art Museum ( DAM) is an art museum located in the Civic Center of Denver, Colorado. With an encyclopedic collection of more than 70,000 diverse works from across the centuries and world, the DAM is one of the largest art museums between the West Coast and Chicago. [ 1] It is known for its collection of American Indian art, as well as ...
5DV.190. Added to NRHP. November 21, 1980. The Paramount Theatre is a concert venue in Denver, Colorado, located on Glenarm Place, near Denver's famous 16th Street Mall. The venue has a seating capacity of 1,870 but is a popular destination for large acts looking for a smaller concert setting. With spelling as Paramount Theater, the building ...
Geography of Denver. The City and County of Denver, Colorado, is located at 39°43'35" North, 104°57'56" West (39.726287, −104.965486) [ 1] in the Colorado Front Range region. The Southern Rocky Mountains lie to the west of Denver and the High Plains lie to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ...