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Neighborhood History Guides

Explore the unique history, stories and images of some of Denver's iconic neighborhoods.

Children pose next to the merry-go-round and flagpole at the Elyria Community Center in Elyria Park, 4809 High Street in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story brick building with a dormer and a stone column pergola.

Elyria-Swansea

Group Photograph of American Woodman

Five Points-Whittier Neighborhood History

Perspective (aerial) of the modern style Mullen High School (Catholic) campus, 3601 South Lowell Boulevard, Fort Logan neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca. 1964. The perspective shows the location of the gymnasium, classroom and administration buildings in relation to the parking and lawn areas.

Fort Logan

Photograph of a street in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Pictured is an electric street car in the street, with various individuals walking along the sidewalks. Date estimated based on start of electric trolley service in this area (1908) and street scene.

Globeville Neighborhood History

1939: View of the Paul Whiteman Residence after the DeCompeigne addition. (DPL Digital Collections)

Harvey Park and Harvey Park South

A young woman stands next to a large sundial in Cranmer Park in the Hilltop Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. An inscription at the top of the sundial reads "In Winter Here I Mark the Hours." Houses are in the distance.

Hilltop Neighborhood History StoryMap

View of punting boats from the company Venice on the Creek near 14th and Larimer in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a green shirt and black shorts stands in the boat and punts with a white pole. Six passengers sit in the punt, which is decorated with four yellow balloons. Two empty punts are tied up nearby, and a man is on stairs that lead to the creek.

LoDo ~ Denver's Lower Downtown Success Story

Montbello train car

Montbello Neighborhood History

Advertisement for Park Hill neighborhood

Park Hill Neighborhood History

View of the Henry Lee House (1880) at 32nd (Thirty-Second) Avenue and Clay Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The three story brick Queen Anne Style house has a large wraparound porch, trimmed in red sandstone. The house has a steeped front gable with verge board and decorative shingling. The house is part of the Potter Highlands historic district and a Denver Landmark.

Potter-Highlands Neighborhood History