DENVER HOMES

"The glory of a country is in its homes, which contain the true elements of national vitality." - Henry Ward Beecher.

     Denver is pre-eminently a beau ideal city of beautiful homes, whether large or small, equipped with all modern conveniences as to water supply, lighting, transportation, sanitation, etc. Moreover, probably more people own their homes in proportion to the population than in any other American city.

     The City of Denver comprises forty-nine square miles of territory; has 820 miles of streets of the general width of 80 feet, of which 11¾ miles in the business centre are paved with asphalt, and nearly 22 miles with stone blocks, with ten additional miles of asphalt paving in contemplation. There are hundreds of miles of stone sidewalks and 227 miles of sewers.

     The Denver Union Water Company has 400 miles of watery mains within the city limits and supplies 200 gallons of water per capita per day. 

     The Denver Consolidated Gas Company has 8,000 meters in use, representing over 5,000 establishments or homes, and has 78 miles of gas mains.

     The Denver Consolidated Electric Company has 3,300 consumers and several thousand miles of wire.

     The Colorado Telephone Company has 2,145 subscribers in Denver and 2,447 additional subscribers in the mining and other districts of Colorado and New Mexico, all therefore within call of Denver people.

Above: The Kountze Residence

     Denver has better water, lighting, telephone and street car accommodations than any other city of its population in the United States or in the world.

     Such abnormal accommodations have had the effect of making homes in the outskirts and suburbs convenient and accessible, of expanding the available area of the city, of preventing the crowding of people into congested districts, and have been most important factors in preserving the good sanitation and determining the special features of the city.

     Denver is a city of brick and stone, where frame houses are no longer built. The superiority of the local pressed brick and the wide range of building stones, readily accessible in the adjacent mountains-lava, sandstone and granite of many colors and tints-have furnished architects and builders with superior materials to select from.

     The architects of Denver are not surpassed anywhere for professional ability, and with the advantage of the wide range of superior local materials and the wealth and taste of their employers, have produced houses, whether large or small, in many styles, especially adapted to the sunny, dry climate and pure atmosphere until "a Denver home" is synonymous with elegance, comfort and convenience.

     Moreover, Denver homes, in the majority of cases, are detached, furnished with wide porches and verandahs, and surrounded by green lawns, shade trees and shrubbery, for life in the open air is possible in the lovely climate of Denver for the greater portion of the year. The streets of the residence districts are usually lined with avenues of beautiful shade trees and many of them are "parked" by a wide strip of lawn on each side of the centre of the street.