The August 2017 Denver Real Estate Statistics show the late summer market slowly winding down. Much like what we saw last month, August 2017 showed a drop in the median sales price, an increase in the number of days on the market, and less new listings. However, unlike July 2017, in August we saw a…
Day: September 21, 2017
University Park
Neighborhood Profile: University Park University Park History: University Park owes much of its history to it’s proximity to the University of Denver. The school was originally founded as Colorado Seminary by John Evans in 1864. However, in 1880 the school added the name the University of Denver. Just a few years later the school outgrew its…
South Park Hill
Neighborhood Profile: South Park Hill South Park Hill History: Speculators purchased most of South Park Hill from the federal government in the 1860’s. It was Prussian German, Baron Allois Guillaume Eugen Von Winckler, however, who’s credited as “the father of Park Hill.” Winckler came to Denver in 1884 at the age of 25 and soon…
Sloan Lake
Sloan Lake Sloan Lake History: Thomas Sloan and his wife Sarah staked claim to 160 acres of what is now the Sloan Lake neighborhood in 1862. The Ohio couple moved to Denver in 1959, and ran a bar and boarding house on Larimer Street. The lake did not actually exist on the original homestead. Rumor has it that…
