Wyman
The Wyman's Historical District boundries are East 17th Avenue to North, East 13t Avenue to South, Franklin Street to the west and York Street to the East . With the completion of Smith's ditch in 1867, brought water from the south platte all the way to City Park which paved the way for development in what was previously declared as undevelopable land, Wyman's Addition. Homes for sale in the Wyman Subdivision can be viewed on this website.
Most of what has become and known as Wyman's Addittion in Denver was built between 1888 and 1893. John H. Wyman purchased the land for $3000 from George H. Fryer who is credited to be the first to discover Silver in Leadville. The district was officially platted on August 30, 1882. Three most notiable architects were William Lang, Frank Edlebrooke and Robert S. Roeschlaub. Development came to almost a complete halt when the 1893 Sherman Act eliminated Silver as a monetary standard, thus began a four year depression. John H. Wyman sold the land to the Porter Raymond Company for $300,000 in 1887.
Late Gothic Revival
Wyman's Addittion was just far out enough to require transportation to Denver. It was the introduction during the mid 1880's, cable car lines which ran down Colfax Avenue to York as well as from Broadway to City Park with the introduction of water sealed the future for this neighborhood.
In 1897 when the development resumed the character of the neighborhood began to change. The introduction of Apartment, terraces, and flats were built next to large single family houses. Many of the huge mansions that once lined the streets of Colfax were replaced with commercial buildings. The neighborhood again changed in the 1960's when many homes were converted into halfway houses and communes.
Today the Wyman Historical District is rich in the diversity of mansions, multifamily residences, high rise and low density housing and commercial structures.
Architecture Designs
The predominant architecture designs in Wyman's Historical District include Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance, Dutch Colonial, NeoClassical, Queen Anne, Streamline Moderne, Romanesque Revival, Shingle Style,Denver Square, Tudor, Late Gothic Revival, Prairie Style,
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