Denver’s Capitol Hill is a diverse and historic neighborhood
By Andrew Gonzales, Kentwood City Properties
Long-time central Denver residents Andrew Gonzales and Bill Verdon share their comments on Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. As Realtors, they specialize in these sort of central Denver neighborhoods:
Capitol Hill Neighborhood
is one of Denver’s most historic and diverse neighborhoods. Its longstanding popularity has made it the center city’s most densely populated neighborhood, due in large part to its proximity to outstanding transportation infrastructure, parks, and unique retail and entertainment opportunities. The neighborhood also offers perhaps the city’s widest range in housing types and price ranges–everything from high rise apartments to single family homes, apartments in historic mansions to lofts in renovated commercial buildings.
Capitol Hill was founded in the 1880s as a new residential suburb for Denver’s wealthiest families, who built extravagant Victorian, Tudor and Greek revival mansions using sandstone, granite and other materials native to Colorado. The Colorado State Capitol building–dedicated in 1890–stands on the neighborhood’s far west side at Colfax Avenue & Lincoln Street.
Today, many of those mansions still stand, but the neighborhood has evolved into a mixed-use community with a majority of apartments and condominiums. After serious population declines in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Capitol Hill has gained 4,000 residents in the past four years, and some estimates call for 3,000 more new residents in the next 3 years.
General boundaries: Colfax Avenue, York Street, 7th Avenue, Lincoln
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