Address: 1015 9th Street, Denver, CO 80204
Description: CU Denver English Department Building
In his book, Auraria: Where Denver Began, Don Enter referred to 1015 Ninth Street as "perhaps, the most perfectly proportioned and tastefully embellished Victorian house in Denver." The Knight House was built in 1885 by Charles and Betsey Davis as a wedding present for their daughter and son-in-law, Kate and Stephen Knight. Knight was a bookkeeper for Davis' Roller and Eagle Flour Mill. Stephen Knight Elementary School bears his name. Later, from 1902-1927, the house was owned by Edward Grimes, the president of the J. Washer Western Iron and Metal Yard. Auraria supported both a metal yard and a stone cutting operation for years. The window treatment here's similar to the With House next door at 1027. The Knight House has one of the three mansard roofs on Ninth Street (see 1027 and 1059). In 1985, a photograph was found revealing the existence of a cupola on the original structure. The addition was made with the assistance of the Knight-Bain family.