Daily camera., 1897-08-21
BUILDINGS.
DENVER THE SITE OF SOME Mag
NIFICENT STRUCTURES.
Hotels. Office buildings, Theaters,
Etc, Compare Fnvorably With
Any in the Land - Hotels Are
Equipped to Handle Crowds of
Almost Any Sizc-New and Sub
stantial Blocks Being Built.

"A surprise to visitor in Denver is
the number and great beauty of the
city's large business blocks and other
seml-public structures. No other city
OF Its size approaches the Queen City
Of the West in this respect and in fact
30 elegant are they and so elaborately
planned as to be worthy of a conspic-
uous place in the cities of New York
Chicago and in possessing them Den.
yer partakes of the metropolitan tingt
OF these two largest cities in the land
the fact being prophesy, as it We're, OF
the greatness that is in store for it az
the metropolitan city of the mountains
and the plains, which 1t is certainly
DenVer's ambition to be, and, as viii
be seen, the wish has its inspiration
working into results.
The finest business structure in Den.
yer, and as fine one as there is in the
entire West, is the Equitable building
1t is mainly an office building. but or
the ground floor are banking institu.
tons. Housed in the building are the
offices of the department of the Colo.
rado OF the United States government
The building is constructed of light
stone and buff brick with terra Gotta
ornaments. The architecture Is after
the ornate Italian order, which has
beeen beautifully applied to the build.
ing. The interior corridors are very
beautiful and are the most ornamental
to be seen in Denver. The cost of the
building has been more than $1,000, 900
The Boston block, q nine-story struct.
ure, built Of brown sand stone, is per-
haps next in pretentiousness and Is a
hive of offices. Other sky-scrapers OF
the more expensive kind are the Coop.
er building, very ornate in its interior
the Peoples Bank building, the Clut
building, the Railroad building, the Err.
nest & Cranmer building, the Kittredge
building, the Mack block and the Tabor
block A handsome and very large
structure now in process Of building Il
the McMurtie building at the junction
of Sixteenth street with Broadway, u
will have cost 100000 when it shall
have been completed.
Denver is well supplied with hotels
and In this respect can accommodate
any crowd or convention that may
| choose to visit the city. The fact has
been demonstrated. There cannot very
well be brought to a city a larger
crowd than the annual gatherings OF
the Knight Templars and the Nationa
Educational association and these have
been to Denver and have been accom-.
modated to their hearts desire. The
citys leading hotels would be a great
credit and pride to any city in the land
The largest and most pretentious Is the
Brown Palace hotel, which stands or
an entire triangular city block and has
therefore three long sides or facades
to set 1t off. This has been most eff.
fectively done. The exterior has beer
constructed in brown sand stone. The
immense corridor of the interior is one
Of the sights Of Denver. A hotel with
reputation as wide as that of the
country is the Windsor, which is one
Of Denver's older hotels, but there Is
not one that Is better equipped. The
hotel building Is very imposing
structure. Other well-known hostel.
ries are the Albany, the ST. James, the
Oxford, the Metropole, the American
and the Columbia.
Denver's theaters have an extensive
reputation for excellence. The leading
theater and the best known is the Ia
Dor Grand Opera house, which was
built in the early sos by ex-senator H
A. w. Tabor. The Opera House block
cost fortune to build and Is still one
Of the seven wonders of the city. The
theater is so finely appointed that fol
long time it bore the reputation a!
being the finest thing Of Its kind in thu
country. 1t is still most worthy the
ater. In 1t the greatest performers
have exhibited their art and the great
est companies, dramatic and operate
have displayed their abilities. Th:
other leading theater Is the Broadway
in the Metropole hotel building. Th'
interior is very handsome and the stage
Is the largest in Denver. 1t contains
also the largest auditorium. The 9th
er theaters are the Lyceum and tht
Orpheum. They give their attention t.
less elaborate productions than the
first named theaters.