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Guide
for Historic Home Owners :
Historic Denver's Urban Living Program |
 Certify
Your Home with
Historic Denver
Have
you taken great effort to maintain and restore your home?
Historic Denver wants to recognize homeowners who have made
a true effort to maintain their older homes' architectural
and historic integrity by placing an official home plaque
on your historic home. Find
out more.
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For 35 years Historic
Denver has been preserving Denver's cultural and architectural heritage.
Denver has dozens of landmarked districts but many older, undesignated
areas also have much to offer.This year we are launching the Urban
Living program to showcase Denver's broad range of older
neighborhoods while educating homeowners about proper preservation
and rehabilitation techniques for their urban houses.
The Urban Living
Program offers:
- Technical assistance
for restoration projects via our Preservation Hot Line
- Preservation professionals
from our exclusive list
- Recognition of proper
maintenance and
restoration of older homes through our Certified Historic Denver
Home Program
- Educational programs
and events
- Annual House Tour
in the fall that features excellent examples of restored homes
- Restoration for
Living Awards; a contest for people who have gone the extra mile
in restoring their homes
- Landmark Real Estate
Professional Seminar that educates real estate professionals on
key elements of owning and selling a historic home
- Preservation Lecture
Series that presents common issues and ideas for home renovation
and maintenance on a quarterly basis
Helpful Articles
for Owners of Historic Homes
- Ten
Simple Rules for Restoring Your Home - The Ten Rules have
been carefully formulated to help you avoid embarrassing mistakes
and to protect your historic building from well- meaning but misguided
efforts. Refer to them and obey them whenever you need to make
a decision about your renovation project.
- Working
with Pros - Most renovations of old houses require a lot of
planning, insight and sensitivity. That's why we recommend getting
professional advice by hiring an architect for planning the work
and a contractor to carry out the architect's plans. Together,
you three will constitute the team that will get the job done.
- Restoration
and Replacement of Historic Wood Windows - There is a misconception
in Denver ’s historic neighborhoods that original wood windows
need to be replaced to be energy efficient and that replacement
will increase the value of a home. Find out the
truth about historic wood windows.
- The
Do's and Don'ts of Historic Wood Windows - A quick list of
important things to remember about historic wood windows.
- Historic
Denver Neighborhood Reference Guides - This popular book series
now includes 20 volumes, each designed to be portable and to encourage
people to learn about local historic architecture. The newest
Historic Denver Guides focus on the Northwest Congress Park Neighborhood,
the Whittier Neighborhood and San Rafael Historic District, the
Arapahoe Acres Historic District, and the historic sacred places
of Denver. Purchase any books from this series at our secure online
bookstore.
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