Oct 22, 1980
National Register of Historic Places - Jeffery and Mary Keating House
Statement of Significant: The Keating House is significant for its association with Jeffery and Mary Keating, who were prominent business people in late nineteenth century Denver, and for its architecture, one of the finest examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in Denver. From the 1870s onward, Jeffery Keating was a real estate developer and promoter in Denver and a founder of the McPhee & McGinnity Lumber Company. He made his money with the early and rapid expansion of the community during the boom in the late nineteenth century. His wife Mary apparently played a role in these dealings as she was listed as the owner of many properties in which he had an interest, including the land on which the Keatings built this house. They also owned a considerable amount of other property in this section of Capitol Hill. When the Keatings built this property in 1891, the neighborhood was an upper middle-class area predominantly inhabited by lawyers, doctors, bankers, real estate and mining men, and the Keating House was one of the more outstanding. This development on Capitol Hill, however, came to a sudden end in 1893 when the silver crash created a financial tumble that bankrupted many of Denver's presumably well-to-do. The Keating House proved to be one of the last vintage houses built before the financial crisis dawned. From an architectural perspective the Keating House is one of the relatively few remaining houses in Denver built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The massing, heavy feeling, gables, and varying fenestration all reflect the characteristic elements of the style. It stands today on Capitol Hill as a prominent local landmark, a re- as a p local la minder of a bygone style of architecture.
National Register of Historic Places - Jeffery and Mary Keating House
Statement of Significant: The Keating House is significant for its association with Jeffery and Mary Keating, who were prominent business people in late nineteenth century Denver, and for its architecture, one of the finest examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in Denver. From the 1870s onward, Jeffery Keating was a real estate developer and promoter in Denver and a founder of the McPhee & McGinnity Lumber Company. He made his money with the early and rapid expansion of the community during the boom in the late nineteenth century. His wife Mary apparently played a role in these dealings as she was listed as the owner of many properties in which he had an interest, including the land on which the Keatings built this house. They also owned a considerable amount of other property in this section of Capitol Hill. When the Keatings built this property in 1891, the neighborhood was an upper middle-class area predominantly inhabited by lawyers, doctors, bankers, real estate and mining men, and the Keating House was one of the more outstanding. This development on Capitol Hill, however, came to a sudden end in 1893 when the silver crash created a financial tumble that bankrupted many of Denver's presumably well-to-do. The Keating House proved to be one of the last vintage houses built before the financial crisis dawned. From an architectural perspective the Keating House is one of the relatively few remaining houses in Denver built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The massing, heavy feeling, gables, and varying fenestration all reflect the characteristic elements of the style. It stands today on Capitol Hill as a prominent local landmark, a re- as a p local la minder of a bygone style of architecture.
Oct 22, 1980
Posted Date
Jul 31, 2023
Historical Record Date
Oct 22, 1980
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
