In 2021, Landmark Preservation added 3 individual landmarks.

And 2 historic districts.

La Alma Lincoln Park became Denver's second historic cultural district to be designated using Denver's new cultural criteria.

Landmark staff reviewed over 2,600 design review, demolition, and certificate of demolition eligibility applications in 2021.

In 2021, the team launched a first-of-its-kind Latino/Chicano Historic Context study to uncover and share the deep history and historic places of Denver’s Chicano and Latino communities.

In 2021, the team launched a webinar series devoted to Denver Landmark Preservation.

Landmark staff held 9 community meetings and gave more than 15 presentations at conferences in Colorado and across the U.S.

Finally, the Landmark Preservation website got a new look! Visit denvergov.org/landmark to see what's changed.

Over the past year, the City and County of Denver has engaged the community and local historians to uncover the history and historic places of Denver’s Chicano and Latino communities. Join us as we discuss the findings from this first-of-its-kind initiative in Denver and screen Que viva la raza; Honoring a Denver legacy, an I Am Denver documentary from Denver’s Office of Storytelling. RSVP required.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and Spanish language interpretation provided.

Colorado offers a state income tax credit to property owners for preservation and rehabilitation work on designated historic properties.

In March 2020, the state issued a disaster declaration for the City and County of Denver, which increases the tax credit from 20% to 25% for rehabilitation projects undertaken between March 10, 2020, and March 13, 2026, that meet all of the tax credit program’s requirements.

Did you know? Between January 2017 and December 2021,the Landmark Preservation Commission issued over $750,000 in state historic preservation tax credits for residential, non-income-producing properties in Denver!

Phase 1 of the Landmark Preservation design guidelines update is underway. In this phase, we are focusing on revisions to guidelines for solar panels, retaining walls, and cladding materials for infill, additions, and accessory structures, as well as clarifications to existing guidelines about landscaping, sheds, lighting, egress windows, and fencing. Watch a recording of the phase 1 community meeting (~90 minutes, opens in YouTube).

Take a brief survey to submit feedback on these topics by February 15.

Learn more about the design guidelines update project.

Are you planning a spring remodel project, or a contractor that specializes in single-family homes and duplexes? Join CPD experts as we talk about building and zoning codes, tips for hiring contractors, and more. Bring your questions!

Learn more and get tickets at ColoradoGardenFoundation.org.

Discover Denver, the citywide building survey focused on identifying the buildings that help tell Denver’s story, is wrapping up work in the South City Park neighborhood and preparing to document the buildings of Westwood.

Last summer, the group documented buildings in the Sunnyside and Wellshire neighborhoods. Discoveries in Sunnyside included the first Quaker church in Colorado and the home of a hatmaker whose clients included the wives of United States presidents and Margaret “Molly” Brown. In the Wellshire neighborhood, volunteers surveyed houses designed by prominent Denver architect William Muchow.

South City Park revealed a wonderful concentration of 1920s-1940s apartment buildings along 17th Avenue, including the Tudor Revival-style Elton Arms (pictured), built in 1937. Additionally, staff and volunteers documented the St. Cloud Hotel, which once housed the St. Catherine School for Working Girls and later the Lenox Apartments.

For more information about Discover Denver or to learn about volunteer opportunities, visit DiscoverDenver.co.

Are you interested in landmark preservation? Do you love your city's historic spaces? If you answered "yes" to either question, you should consider becoming a Denver Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) member!

LPC members review applications for alterations or additions to historic buildings, new construction in historic districts, and designation applications for individual landmarks and historic districts. Members are appointed by the Mayor and do not receive compensation. We encourage applications from Denver residents who are design professionals, preservationists, or historians.

For more information on becoming an LPC member, contact landmark@denvergov.org.

Landmark preservation is an important function of Denver Community Planning and Development. Denver City Council enacted the Denver Landmark Ordinance in 1967 to foster the protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of structures and districts of historical, architectural, geographic and/or cultural significance.

Learn more about Denver's preservation efforts at denvergov.org/landmark.