Denver Civic Center National Historic Landmark Nomination
Simmons R and Simmons T. 2012. Denver Civic Center National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 12001017_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for Denver Civic Center in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The NHL nomination for the Denver Civic Center documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 4. It is significant under Criterion 1, for its outstanding representation of the widespread impact of the City Beautiful Movement on American cities and the attendant creation of civic centers during the early twentieth century. The property also is significant under Criterion 4 as an outstanding example of cohesive public landscape design and as a collection of public architecture. The Denver Civic Center is an exceptional example of an American civic center, reflecting what has been described as a successful merging of the formality and rational order of the Beaux-Arts tradition with the democratic ideals and regional splendor of the nation’s interior landscape and heritage. The period of significance for the property begins in 1886, when construction began on the Colorado State Capitol, and ends in 1935, with the completion of the grounds of the Denver City and County Building.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Simmons, R. Laurie; Simmons, Thomas H.
- Date of Issue
- 2012-10-16
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Albert J. Norton, Albert Randolph Ross, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Allen Tupper True, Allied Architects Association, Arthur E. Fisher, Beaux Arts, Colorado, community planning and development, Denver, Edward H. Bennett, Elijah E. Myers, Frank E. Edbrooke, Frederick W. MacMonnies, J. Otto Schweizer, John D. Howland, landscape architecture, National Historic Landmark, Preston Powers, Progress Era, Reinhard Schuetze, Robert Garrison, urban design, William A. Fisher, William N. Bowman, Willis A. Marean