2217 Glenarm Pl
Denver, CO, USA

National Register of Historic Places - Clements Rowhouse (2201-2217 Glenarm Place)

Statement of Significant:

The Clements Rowhouse is primarily significant for its architectural features, for this structure is one of the best of the few remaining rowhouses in Denver. The building has also played a role in the settlement and growth of the city.
With the arrival of the railroad in 1870, Denver at last became linked by rail with the East and its future as a major western city finally looked secure. A tremendous boom in building and population followed over the next twenty years. To participate in this economic growth, Alfred Clements platted an area just east of downtown as the location of a new residential neighborhood. It was within this area that the Rowhouse was built in 1883. This building was one of the first of these structures, but by the end of the century there were many lining the streets in both Clements Addition to the city and in other subdivisions. At this time Clements Addition was a solid middle class neighbor- hood populated by small businessmen, city administrators, and managerial personnel of the corporations operating in Denver. Over the years, however, the neighborhood gradually deteriorated, and in the 1960s and 1970s the Denver Urban Renewal Authority leveled much of Clements Addition and most of the rowhouses here and elsewhere. This structure is the last rowhouse remaining in this addition.

From an architectural perspective the Clements Rowhouse displays the salient characteristics of these structures as they appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The entry above the street level, the narrow staircases, window treatment, and cornicework all reflect the architecture of late nineteenth century Denver and of Victorian America. As the only remaining rowhouse in Clements Addition, and one of few in the city, this structure stands as a reminder of a characteristic type of urban living in the late Victorian era.