Baker is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Baker is generally defined by these boundaries: Northern Boundary - West 6th Avenue, Eastern Boundary - Broadway St., Southern Boundary - Mississippi Avenue, Western Boundary - South Platte River
Within those boundaries is a Landmark District with irregular borders that range from within a half block of Alameda and Broadway on the South and East to as far as Fox on the West and 5th on t...
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Baker is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Baker is generally defined by these boundaries: Northern Boundary - West 6th Avenue, Eastern Boundary - Broadway St., Southern Boundary - Mississippi Avenue, Western Boundary - South Platte River
Within those boundaries is a Landmark District with irregular borders that range from within a half block of Alameda and Broadway on the South and East to as far as Fox on the West and 5th on the North. The Landmark District designation is part of the Denver city government's Historic Preservation effort.
By some measures, Baker is the oldest neighborhood in Denver as it has the oldest stock of buildings in the city.. The neighborhood includes several 19th century brick houses and several homes by locally famous architect William Lang. More than 80 percent of the neighborhood was developed by 1900. The neighborhood gets its name from turn of the 20th century University of Colorado president John Hutchinson Baker.
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