VOLUNTEER
No expertise in a particular subject area is required to volunteer with us. Some of our volunteers are historians, architects or students in history, historic preservation or urban planning, but many have no formal training in any of these fields. If you love old buildings or history or want to learn about Denver’s unique neighborhoods, we need you!
Field Survey Volunteers help by documenting buildings throughout the city. Using handheld tablets, they photograph individual buildings and note their architectural features. Three-hour shifts are available on weekdays and weekends, so volunteers can sign up for as many shifts as they like. All survey volunteers are trained before they are sent out into the field.
Research Volunteers research the history of buildings for which we have received tips or that have been identified through field survey as potentially significant. Research entails determining who designed, built, and owned or lived in a building over time, and whether any significant events have occurred there. Because most research is performed either online or at the Denver Public Library, research volunteers are free to work whenever they’d like. Research volunteers receive training on what they need to know before they are assigned research.
TRAININGS AND EVENTS
Check back frequently for upcoming events and trainings for new volunteers!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Building Research Volunteer Training
Saturday, September 14, 2024
10:30am to 1:30pm
Discover Denver’s research volunteers trace the histories of buildings through determining who designed, built, and owned or lived in a building over time, and whether any significant events have occurred there. Because most of the sources we use are online, volunteers are free to perform research wherever and whenever they’d like. If this sounds interesting to you, we’d love to have you involved in the project!
For details and to RSVP, please contact Kerry Baldwin, kbaldwin@historicdenver.org, 303-534-5288 x29.
Discover Denver Field Survey Training
Saturday, September 21, 2024
8:30am to 2:30pm
Interested in becoming a Discover Denver field survey volunteer? All field survey volunteers must attend one training session before they are scheduled to help out with Discover Denver’s field survey. Attendees will learn about Denver’s architectural styles and the terminology used to describe the city’s buildings. Contact Meaghan Heinrich at 303-534-5288 x22 or at mheinrich@historicdenver.org for more information and to reserve a spot!