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Denver Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings (page 2)

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Shangri-La House
Denver, CO
The Shangri-La House was designed by Raymond Harry Ervin and built in 1938. It was modeled after the house in the movie "Lost Horizon" which came out in 1937. For more, see this website. [map]

801 S. Ellipse Way
Denver, CO
The house at 801 S. Ellipse Way was built in 1939. [map]

940 Bonnie Brae Blvd.
Denver, CO
The house at 940 Bonnie Brae Blvd. was designed by Edwin Francies and built in 1938. [map]

1030 Bonnie Brae Blvd.
Denver, CO
The house at 1030 Bonnie Brae Blvd. was built in 1938. [map]

2383 Jasmine St.
Denver, CO
This house at 2383 Jasmine St. was built in 1940. [map]

The Calais
Denver, CO
The Calais apartment building was built in 1932. [map]

Vogue Apartments
Denver, CO
The Vogue Apartments were built in 1946. [map]

Dorset House
Denver, CO
The Dorset House apartment building was designed by S. Arthur Axtens and built in 1937. [map]

Leetonia
Apartments
Denver, CO
Rose-Adell Apartments
Denver, CO
The Leetonia Apartments were built in 1930. [map]

The Rose-Adell Apartments building was built in 1940. The building is now known as "970 Pennsylvania". [map]

Mark Twain
Denver, CO
Robert Browning
Denver, CO
Washington Irving
Denver, CO
Emerson Apartments
Denver, CO
Eugene Field Apartments
Denver, CO
James Russell Lowell Apartments
Denver, CO
These two rows of photographs feature apartment buildings located in the Poet's Row neighborhood. Many of the Art Deco buildings there were named after famous poets and authors. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

The Mark Twain was designed by Charles D. Strong and built in 1937. [map]

The Robert Browning was also designed by Strong and built in 1937. [map]

The Washington Irving was also designed by Strong and built in 1936. [map]

The Emerson Apartments was most likely designed by Strong and appears to be from the 1930s. [map]

The Eugene Field Apartments were designed by Charles D. Strong and built in 1939. [map]

The James Russell Lowell Apartments were built in 1937. [map]

Swanee Apartments
Denver, CO
The Swanee Apartments, now condos, were built in 1940. The entrance is bordered with vitrolite glass tiles. [map]

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