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Section 16

White Acres

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HISTORY STORIES

1   UTES ALONG THE HOGBACKS

2   HOW DID WE GET THE NAME COLORADO?

3   BOTT & LANGMEYER BUILDING STONE

4   THE RED ROCK QUARRIES

5. RED ROCK STONE IN DENVER BUILDINGS

6   MINING IN AND AROUND RED ROCK CANYON

7   COLORADO-PHILADELPHIA AND STANDARD MILLS

7  THE JOHN G. BOCK STORY

8   WORLD TRADE CENTER ... IN RED ROCK CANYON

9   THE LANDFILL

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DALY HOUSE
1034 Logan Street
Built: 1894
Built for: ?
1900-1921: owned by Thomas F. Daly (founder of Capitol Life Insurance Co.)
Architect: unknown

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SHEEDY MANSION
1115 - 1121 Grant  Street
Built: 1892
Built for: Dennis Sheedy  (ranching, banking, mining, Denver Dry Goods Co.)
Architect: E. T. Carr &  William Feth

NOTE: This mansion and the adjacent carriage house or cottage incorporate both stone from Red Rock Canyon and the similar Peachblow Sandstone from Eagle County into a brick building.

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MILHEIM HOUSE
1515 Race  Street
- Originally constructed at 1355 Pennsylvania Street, the 583 ton house was moved to its present location around 1989
Built: 1893
Built for: John Milheim  (ran Denver’s first bakery, later a realtor & developer)
Architect: Unknown

NOTE: This house also incorporates stone from Red Rock Canyon  into a brick building.

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WHITEHEAD - PEABODY HOUSE
1128 Grant  Street
Built: 1889
Built for: Dr. William R. Whitehead  (Physician, Denver City Council)
Architect: Frank E. Edbrooke

NOTE: This is another house which incorporates stone from Red Rock Canyon  into a brick building.

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