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The main location, and the formal garden, is the York Street location in east-central Denver. Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield (near Chatfield State Park) features natural meadow and riparian areas, as well as a historic farm and homestead. [1] Mt. Goliath, on the route to Mount Blue Sky, is an alpine wildflower garden (along hiking trails). [2]
Organized urban communal gardens have existed since the 1890s. Denver was one of the first cities in the country that organized cultivation associations. [1] Community gardening's history in Denver includes ties to the victory gardens planted during World War II with the encouragement of Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and the Mayor's Community Garden Program in the 1970s under the direction of Mayor ...
Denver Downs Farmstead was listed in the National Register March 7, 2007. [1] The main house is a large Colonial Revival farmhouse with white clapboard siding, a metal roof and a wraparound porch. The farmstead is bordered on one side by the Clemson Highway, but it is possible to view the farm from one of the public roads that cut through the ...
Established shortly before 1899, it includes a complex of four buildings and multiple other historic structures. In 2007, the farm was designated a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its historically significant architecture. [1] It was a home of settler Emmet Ayers Bromley, who came to Colorado ...
The Hoverhome portion also includes a garden house/tool shed building and a garage building, and a stone grill. The farmhouse portion also includes a barn, a farm garage, and a mill/grain elevator. The contributing structures of the farmstead are: a creamery, a 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) brick structure with a steep pyramidal roof,
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Denver, Colorado, United States. Downtown Denver is defined as being the neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, Central Business District, Civic Center, Five Points, North Capitol Hill, and Union Station. The locations of ...
Wetlands at the farm. In 1977, Erwin and Lynne Young purchased 80 acres (32 ha) on which they started a farm to grow tilapia and African perch. The farm includes a geothermal well that is used to keep the water at a temperature appropriate for the fish. In 1987, they purchased 100 one-year-old alligators to help dispose of fish-processing waste.
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