Cheesman Park Real Estate Area Information and Homes for Sale in Denver County, CO.

Cheesman Park

The Capitol Hill neighborhood was formed in the late 19th century and is filled with mansions built for Denver’s wealthy in Tudor, Victorian and Greek Revival styles as well as the Denver Style, which combined classical styles with turrets, sprites and porches. Many of the mansions are still standing, including the “Unsinkable Molly Brown,” built in 1889 and restored to its original Victorian interior. There are nine designated historic districts in Capitol Hill as the neighborhood has undergone extensive revitalization, renovation and rehabilitation in recent years.

Within the neighborhood of Capitol Hill, there are ten smaller communities. Neighborhood 1 is known as North Capitol Hill and includes everything from small shops to skyscrapers. Neighborhood 2 is called West City Park and features popular restaurants, coffeehouses and specialty stores. Neighborhood 3, South City Park, offers community entertainment at City Park Pavilion. Trails here are used by runners, bikers, skaters and families on a stroll. Neighborhood 4 is where the Capitol Building is located. Neighborhood 5, a popular area, features mansions and apartments co-existing with one another beautifully. Cheesman is neighborhood 6. Neighborhood 7 takes residents and visitors back to old Denver with quiet streets and local, family owned shops. The architecture in this neighborhood is intricate and grand. The popular Cherry Creek trail winds through neighborhood 8. Large and small businesses are also located in here and the high rise business and residential buildings offer views of the mountains and city. Neighborhood 9 features some of the finest architecture in Denver. Castle-like mansions and exquisite cottages are found on the tree-lined streets of the Country Club Historic District. Neighborhood 10 is known for its art galleries and excellent restaurants. The Cherry Creek Arts Festival and Films of Fillmore make their homes here.

Cheesman is part of downtown Denver and residents find themselves at the center of what makes Denver a wonderful and sophisticated city. Residents are close to their work places, shops and services, often able to travel on foot or by bike. Downtown Denver is made up of 13 neighborhoods, each with a unique personality. There are historic buildings, museums, art districts, parks and great shopping areas. The capitol of Denver is in downtown, in the neighborhood of Capitol Hill, just a few blocks from Cheesman Park. The US Mint, Denver Art Museum and Byers-Evans House, built in 1883, are also located here. The Denver Convention Center, the Denver Performing Arts Center, Trianon Museum and Art Gallery and the pedestrian-only 16th Street Mall are notable fixtures as well. Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, the Children’s Museum of Denver and Colorado’s Ocean Journey, a 106,500 square foot aquarium, are located in the Central Platte Valley downtown neighborhood. The Pepsi Center, home of the NBA team the Denver Nuggets, is adjacent to this neighborhood. Coors Field is at the south end of downtown, as well as Larimer Street with its eclectic array of pubs, antique shops, coffeehouses, boutiques, cafes and small businesses. Larimer Square features entertainment, restaurants and shops.

There are several hospitals in the Uptown downtown neighborhood as well as the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys. Trinity United Methodist Church is located in Uptown and is the oldest church in Denver, founded in 1859. The stained glass windows were built in 1888 by Healy and Milet of Chicago and the 4,202-piece pipe organ was built the same year.

The neighborhood of Highland is home to Potter’s Row, a district of renovated Victorian houses and the West 28th Avenue Historic District (Stoneman’s Row) with its turn of the century flagstone houses and walkways. The neighborhood of Five Points is home to the only predominantly African-American owned commercial strip in the country, with more than 75 businesses. There are hundreds of acres of parkland in the 13 downtown neighborhoods. Confluence Park in Central Platte Valley neighborhood is located on the South Platte River and offers kayaking and City Park is adjacent to the Uptown and Whittier neighborhoods and is the home of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo.

Denver, nicknamed “The Mile High City” and “Queen City of the Plains,” was founded in 1860 and became the capital of the Colorado Territory in 1861 and then of Colorado when it became a state in 1876. Denver was built on gold and silver mined from Clear Creek, Cripple Creek and the surrounding mountains. The dusty mining town is long gone, replaced by a cosmopolitan city with a Western spirit. Manufacturing, distribution, transportation and energy companies now bring wealth to the city. Points of interest outside of downtown include the Aviation and Space Center of the Rockies, Four Mile Historic Park, Mizel Museum of Judaica, and seventeen municipally owned mountain areas covering 14,000 acres. Van tours depart from downtown hotels and offer sight-seeing trips to the local mountains, Coors Brewery, Red Rocks Park, Pikes Peak, gold and silver mines, ski areas and historic downtown locales.