Bailey House (Denver, Colorado) Explained

Bailey House
Designated Other1:Colorado
Designated Other1 Number:5DV.145
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1600 Ogden St., Denver, Colorado
Coordinates:39.7419°N -104.9739°W
Built:1889
Architect:Lang, William
Architecture:Queen Anne, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Added:September 18, 1978
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:78000840

The Bailey House was built in 1889, and was designed by William A. Lang. The Bailey House, built for a Mr. G.W. Bailey, is the largest of William Lang's surviving residential residences.[1] William A. Lang (1846–1897) was a Denver architect who was active from 1885 to 1893.[2] [3]

The Bailey House is Queen Anne style with a corner tower and a pinwheel plan.[4] The house also has many Richardsonian Romanesque elements, especially in the materials and details.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Noel, Thomas . Buildings of Colorado . Oxford University Press . New York . 1997 . 0-19-509076-4 . registration .
  2. Web site: Lang & Pugh, Architects, Denver, Colorado . March 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091217210132/http://photoswest.org/exhib/lang/index.html . 2009-12-17 . dead .
  3. Web site: Biography of William A Lang. March 28, 2010. Brantigan . Charles O. 2007 .
  4. Book: Brettell , Rihard R. . 1973 . Historic Denver: The architects and the architecture . Historic Denver . Denver, Colorado . 240.