Alan Berney Fisher (1905–78), the son of architect William E. Fisher, was an important modernist architect in twentieth-century Denver. Alan received early training in his father’s office before finishing his education at the University of…

Anne Evans (1871–1941) was a Colorado civic leader and patron of the arts who transformed the Denver cultural community. Among her numerous activities, Evans started and helped guide the Denver Art Museum to national prominence, assisted in the…

The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library is located in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Named for Omar Blair and Elvin Caldwell, two prominent local civil rights leaders, it is the largest of Denver Public Library's neighborhood…

Colorado’s most notable architect, Burnham “Bernie” Hoyt (1887–1960) designed eighty-five major constructed projects in a variety of styles, ranging from a fifteenth-century Scottish castle (Cherokee Castle, 1926) in Sedalia to the radically modern…

The Denver Public Library, located in downtown Denver, is a cultural hub and valuable resource for the Denver metro area. Begun in the early 1860s, the library collections have grown with Denver, moving from “Old Main,” the Carnegie-funded structure in…

The Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library was built in 1950–51 using funds from the organization’s Frederick R. Ross Library Trust. Designed by Victor Hornbein, the building at the corner of East Bayaud Avenue and South Lincoln Street…

The Denver Public Library (DPL) has one of the nation’s largest and finest collections on the history of the American West. Created in 1935, the collection continues to grow and currently includes more than 250,000 cataloged books, architectural records,…