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Boundaries
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The Greater Park Hill Community
Incorporated considers the boundaries to be Colfax Avenue on the South;
Colorado Blvd. on the West; 32nd Avenue on the North and Syracuse Street
on the East in their charter of 1962. Today, the boundaries could be
considered to be as far North as the Denver City limits.
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Park Hill
By 1890 Denver’s population had swollen to over 100,000 residents. Streetcar lines
were laid out from the city center in every direction. Streetcar
lines extending East on 34th, 31st, 28th,
22nd, 19th, Colfax, 13th, 6th and 4th
Avenues facilitated development and settlement of Park Hill and
neighborhoods to the South. Lot sizes of 50 X 125, twice the size
of the older 25 X 125 lots, were promoted earnestly by real estate
agents and developers of the time. The German Baron Eugene A. von
Winkler purchased a large tract of land East of Colorado Blvd. with
the announced intention of building a horse race tract to be
surrounded by a residential subdivision. Warwick Downing platted
his subdivision, Downington, East of Forest Street to Monaco.
Serious development did not show itself until Denver began to
recover after the 1893 economic depression which hit Denver hard.
After World War I, home building flourished in Park Hill, with block
of homes built East of Monaco after World War II.
Sadly, the area began to decline
with the increased importance of Stapleton
Airport on the East side of Park Hill. As noise pollution
from aircraft began to invade the quiet solitude of Park Hill,
residents began to move south to newer homes free from the
constant roar of jet engines. Post World War II reliance on
the automobile made it possible to live further away from the
noise, dirty city center, leaving Park Hill behind to those
with less financial capability.
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The wonderful commerce center at 23rd and Dahlia |
In the past 20 years Park Hill has again become
a place to buy real estate and raise a family. With Denver’s
airport moving east, the noise is no longer and consideration,
and young families discouraged by the increasingly long commutes
to Denver’s far away suburbs are returning to Park Hill and
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Park Hill became the home of
Colorado Women’s College in 1909. In 1967 its name was changed to
Temple Beull College,
after the local philanthropist announced an endowment of 25
million to the college. Mounting debt and declining enrollment
negated the endowment, and in 1982 the college merged with the
University of Denver. The campus, located at
Montview and Quebec Streets, is now a campus of Johnson and
Wales University. |
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An outstanding example of the architectural variety in
Park Hill |
Drive times from Park Hill to major metropolitan
areas |
Boulder |
55 minutes |
Denver Tech Center (DTC) |
30 minutes |
Inverness/Meridian |
40 minutes |
Downtown Denver |
15 minutes |
2003 Real Estate Information for
Park Hill |
Lowest Sale Price: |
$140,000 |
Highest Sale Price: |
$1,350,000 |
Average Sale Price: |
$278,041 |
Total Sales: |
469 |
Average sold price per square foot: |
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Demographic information for the Park Hill
neighborhood in zip 80220
Demographic information for the Park Hill
neighborhood in zip 80207
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