Irving P. Andrews House, 2241 York St. Irving P. Andrews was a prolific and talented trial attorney in Denver with a career spanning over four decades. He served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy before becoming the first African American graduate of both Colorado College and the University of Denver Law School. Andrews served [...]

Robinson House, 3435 Albion St. The Robinson House was constructed in 1889 in the John Cook Jr addition on speculation. It is the oldest house in the Park Hill Neighborhood. Action We applied with the owner, for an individual landmark for the home, which was approved by City Council in 2022. Learn more about the [...]

Judge Raymond Jones House, 780 Steele Street The former home of Judge Raymond Jones, a Pueblo native who became the first African American appellate Judge in Colorado. Jones lived in the house for over fourth years and was a community leader, helping to fund Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, among other achievements. Action The home was [...]

Welton Street Cafe, 2883 Welton St. In the 1970s, Mona and Flynn Dickerson moved to Denver from the Virgin Islands and have since owned and operated restaurants with their children for over 38 years, including Welton Street Café. The restaurant is managed by three of their nine children, Fathima, Fathim, and Cenya, with additional assistance [...]

Gender Identity Center, 3715 W. 32nd The Gender Identity Center founded in 1978 provided a community center and safe space for transexual and transvestite people. In 1983, the organization began operating out of  3715 W. 32nd, the permanent location allowed the center to develop a “home-style” meeting space where everyone would feel comfortable. They  offered [...]

Julia Greeley Boarding House, 2911 Walnut St. While hard to recognize today, this commercial building was once the boarding house of Julia Greeley, known as Denver’s Angel of Charity in the 1870s and 1880s. Greeley had been enslaved until Missouri’s Emancipation Act of 1865. Greeley came to Denver in the 1870s and worked for white [...]

Ben’s Super Market, 2301 E. 28th Ave. The Okubo family — Ben and his wife, Shizue (Susan), and children Ruby, Henry, and Helen — were living in Los Angeles when the United States joined World War II. On February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed into law, forcibly removing individuals of Japanese descent from [...]

Barney Ford House, 1569 N. High Street Barney Ford, born into slavery in 1822, freed himself and eventually became a successful African American businessman in Denver. After facing prejudice in Central City and Breckenridge, Ford and his wife Julia settled in Denver in 1860. He opened a barber shop on Blake Street, later rebuilding it [...]