Address: 1041 9th Street, Denver, CO 80204
Description: Shared Building - Faculty Club
Above photo, right.
Probably built circa 1880, this brick bay front is a variance on the Italianate style. Marked by tall bays that extend the height of the building, the house has long windows in order to admit as much light as possible. This urban structure is characteristic in its use of decorative details ordered from catalogues. the simple flower scroll was an architectural motif repeated throughout Auraria, and it shows up again in many of the Curtis Park houses.
Frank Wheeler, who eventually was to own the house, came to Denver in 1860 in a prairie schooner. He was a 35-year veteran with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, a Denver alderman, and a director of School District No. 2 for ten years. A later owner, John Griebling, was a cabinetmaker with the Denver Furniture and Carpet Company.
The mansard roof over the kitchen was added in 1907. Special note should be taken of the iron cresting along the roof.