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Historic Denver Guides
This series of books immerses readers in the rich history of Denver's buildings and neighborhoods, and gives them the tools to explore the city through entertaining walking tours.

Geology Tour of Denver's Capitol Hill Stone Buildings

Jack A. Murphy
Curator of Geology,
Denver Museum of Natural History

Photography by Ken E. Erickson

Explore Denver's history through the handsome stones used to build the city's landmarks.

ISBN 0-914248-12-X $8.95

CHARLINE PLACE
1419-1441 PENNSYLVANIA STREET
Architectural style: Richardsonian Romanesque
Built: 1890
Architects: Vrain and Sterner

Build before the devastating 1893 Silver Crash, Charline Place was originally a palatial grouping of four connected townhouses made of red sandstone; unfortunately the source of the stone is not documented. Note the asymmetrical elements that characterize this style: contrasting curved and straight lines, towers, balconies, steeply pitched roofs with front-facing gables, wraparound porches, classical ornamentation, rough surface texture, and lots of high brick chimneys. For more information, refer to Molly Brown's Capitol Hill Neighborhood, a companion book in this series.

Architects combined styles in native sandstones; round arches of the Richardsonian Romanesque style merge with Queen Anne towers.

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