The Byers–Evans House is a historic house museum in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is the home of History Colorado's Center for Colorado Women's History. It has also been known as Evans House and is a Denver Landmark under that name.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Civic Center Historic District.[3]
Byers–Evans House | |
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| Location | 1310 Bannock St., Denver, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 39°44′14″N 104°59′22″W / 39.73722°N 104.98944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Victorian Eclectic |
| Part of | Civic Center Historic District (ID74002348) |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000158[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 25, 1970 |
| Designated CP | February 27, 1974 |
History
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The Byers–Evans house was built in 1883 by William Byers, the founder of the Rocky Mountain News and was sold to William Gray Evans in 1889.[4] It is an Italianate style house which had several additions made to it over the years. William Evans lived in the home with his wife Cornelia Lunt Gray and their four children, John, Josephine, Margaret and Katharine.[5] William's mother, Margaret Patten Gray Evans, former first lady of Colorado, moved into the home in 1900 with her unmarried daughter, Anne Evans. Members of the Evans family continued to live in the home until 1981.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
It was listed again on the National Register in 1974 as a contributing building within the Civic Center Historic District.[6][7]
The house was donated to History Colorado in 1981,[8] along with the entire contents of the house. The house has been restored to the 1912–1924 period and includes approximately 90% of the original furniture, glassware, china, and other household items belonging to the Evans family.[9]
Center for Colorado Women's History
editThe Center for Colorado Women's History is located in Denver, Colorado, at 1310 Bannock St, directly behind the Denver Art Museum. The Center focuses on scholarship, research, lectures, tours and exhibits that expand the understanding and collective memory of the history of women in Colorado. Guided house tours are offered; portions of the museum may not be viewed without a tour. The museum is administered by History Colorado.[10]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Denver's list of individual landmarks
- ^ Barbara Norgren; Cynthia Emrick (December 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Civic Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Includes seven sketch maps. With accompanying 78 photos, mostly from 1988, including photos of Byers-Evans House (#56, page 111, through #61, page 121)). See also text and photos available in one PDF Archived October 22, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, with additional maps and correspondence, from NARA (Downloading may be slow.).
- ^ Robert Fink (March 10, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Byers–Evans Home" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 23, 2015. Accompanying five photos.
- ^ "History of the House". History Colorado. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ Barbara Norgren; Cynthia Emrick (December 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Civic Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved October 22, 2022. With accompanying 51 photos from __
- ^ Barbara Norgren; Cynthia Emrick (December 10, 1973). National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Civic Center Historic District. NARA. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Includes __ photos. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ Noel, Thomas J. (2007). Guide to Colorado Historic Places: Sites Supported by the Colorado Historical Society's State Historical Fund. Big Earth Publishing.
- ^ Byers–Evans Volunteer Handbook
- ^ "Center for Colorado Women's History". History Colorado. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2022.