Colorado Governor's Mansion

The Colorado Governor's Mansion, also known as the Cheesman-Boettcher Mansion, is a historic U.S. mansion in Denver, Colorado. It is located at 400 East 8th Avenue. On December 3, 1969, it was added to The U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

History

This building is located in Denver on the southeast corner of 8th Avenue and Logan Street. The exact address is 400 E. 8th Avenue. The Governor's Mansion is also known as the Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher Mansion for its former owners.

The building was built in 1908 after a design by Denver architects Willis A. Marean and Albert J. Norton. The house was originally built as a residence for the widow and the daughter of Denver real estate tycoon Walter Scott Cheesman.

The mansion was designed to accommodate two families. On November 8, 1908, Cheesman's daughter, Gladys, married John Evans II, the grandson of John Evans, the second territorial governor of Colorado. The widowed mother and young couple lived together until the birth of the Evans' first child, after which they relocated. On January 2, 1923, Alice Foster Sanger Cheesman died.

Claude K. Boettcher purchased the mansion on February 23, 1923. Boettcher was the head of a financial empire that eventually included sugar, livestock, cement, potash, steel, securities, utilities, and transportation. Boettcher was famous for his lavish parties which included President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. Boettcher died on June 9, 1957, and his wife in 1958.

The house was inherited by the Boettcher Foundation. The foundation offered the house to the State of Colorado as an Executive Residence. The building needed a great deal of work, and its fate remained uncertain for nine months in 1959 as three agencies of the State rejected the offer. On the last day of 1959, Governor Stephen McNichols accepted the building as a gift to the state.

From then until January, 2011, it has been the residence of Governors Stephen L.R. McNichols, John Love, John D.Vanderhoof, Richard D. Lamm, Roy R. Romer, William Owens, and William Ritter. The building was restored in the 1980s under the direction of Edward D. White, Jr. Upon taking office in January, 2011, Governor John Hickenlooper and his family decided to maintain their private residence in Denver instead of moving to the Governor's Mansion.

Following his divorce from his wife, Hickenlooper decided to live in the mansion on a part-time basis.Шаблон:Citation needed

Architecture

The Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher Mansion is a formal, late Georgian Revival house. The building is surrounded by a wrought iron fence with cannonball finials on the brick posts. The walls of the mansion are red brick. There is a white wooden frosting under a hipped roof with prominent gabled dormers. The cornice is pedimented and dentiled. The west side portico has massive, two-story fluted Ionic columns. There is a dramatic entry way with grouped columns that support a porch which becomes a balustraded second-story balcony. The semicircular sunroom was added by suggestion of Mrs. Cheesman in 1915, and it overlooks a small park now known as "Governor's Park".

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Listed in the following categories:
Post a comment
Tips & Hints
Arrange By:
GreenSpot Real Estate
27 October 2011
Sugar and water indeed mix, and this 1908 mansion, was home to the founder of Denver Water Department, and later a Great Western Sugar heir. It became the governor's home in 1960, LEED EB (gold).
Ingrid Alongi
5 November 2010
Turn your cell phone off if the Governor is speaking #protip
Jerry
22 July 2011
Summer tours every Tuesday, June 14th thru August 14. 1 to 3pm.
erdeta lula
13 April 2013
Free summer tours!
Load more comments
foursquare.com
7.9/10
Gian Gi and 1,010 more people have been here
Map
400 8th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, USA Get directions
Fri 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
Sat 8:00 AM–7:00 PM
Sun 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Mon 5:00 AM–10:00 AM
Tue 7:00 AM–2:00 PM
Wed 5:00 AM–Noon

Governor's Residence at the Boettcher Mansion on Foursquare

Colorado Governor's Mansion on Facebook

Other languages

Hotels nearby

See all hotels See all
the ART, a hotel

starting $341

The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection

starting $323

Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel

starting $449

Warwick Denver Hotel

starting $286

Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown

starting $220

11th Avenue Hotel & Hostel

starting $33

Recommended sights nearby

See all See all
Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
History Colorado Center

The History Colorado Center is a museum in Denver, Colorado, USA

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness

Saint John's Cathedral in Denver, Colorado is the seat of the bishop

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum — DAM is an art museum located in the Civic C

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Colorado State Capitol

The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Ogden Theatre

The Ogden Theatre is a music venue and former movie theater in Denver,

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Cheesman Park, Denver

Cheesman Park is an urban park and neighborhood located in the City

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Denver Mint

The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
First Congregational Church (Denver, Colorado)

First Congregational Church (also known as Metropolitan Community

Similar tourist attractions

See all See all
Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Wave Hill

Wave Hill is a Шаблон:Convert estate in the Hudson Hill section of Ri

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Villa Vizcaya

Villa Vizcaya, now named the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is the former

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Great Dixter

Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Mount Royal Chalet

Chalet du Mont-Royal (English. 'Mount Royal Chalet') is a building

Add to wishlist
I've been here
Visited
Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation

See all similar places