Denver estate on Franklin Street on block for $3.5 million
One of the larger homes in the Denver Country Club Estates is back on the market after 34 years.
“There are few estates in Denver and this is one of them,” said Jim Rhye, a broker associate with Kentwood City Properties. “All the hardware and woodwork is original. The house is really solid.”
The 10,729-square-foot property at 390 Franklin St. has six bedrooms, four baths and a central hall with two sets of staircases.
It boasts a music room, ballroom, library, vaulted ceilings and mahogany crown molding throughout. One of the most unusual features is a vintage Otis elevator, built for one of the original owners, Iona Van Hummell.
The seller is financier Bjorn “Erik” Borgen, a Norwegian native who bought the house in 1972 and raised his family there.
The Borgens are asking $3.5 million for the home, which the Van Hummells built in 1927 for $40,000.
– Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post Staff Writer
Mountain retreat in Idaho Springs on market for $695,000
Clear Creek County isn’t well known for glitzy, high-end homes, Realtor Bill Bateman says.
But for house-hunters looking for a mountain retreat without a mile-high price tag, the area offers a handful of hidden gems, including a 2,892-square-foot home on Fall River Road in Idaho Springs.
This four-bedroom, four-bathroom house is tucked along the scenic Fall River, two miles from the junction of Interstate 70. The home, built in 1982, features an enormous deck with a hot tub, a landscaped yard with a handful of flower beds, ponds and flagstone paths.
The sellers, Craig and Marilyn McMullin, are asking $695,000 for the home, which has been on the market since November. The couple has owned the home for eight years, Bateman said.
“It’s really expensive for homes like this in Summit County, so people are starting to look in this area,” said Bateman. “It really has a magnificent setting.”
– Will Shanley, Denver Post Staff Writer
Mass exodus from Jackson, Wyo., making Alpine veritable boom town
The booming, glittering resort town of Jackson has always been 40 miles, and a whole universe, away from the Star Valley of southwestern Wyoming and its mostly Mormon farming communities.
But now Jackson is spilling out residents who cannot afford its sky-high real estate prices. And the tiny town of Alpine, at the northern end of the valley, is holding out its pan to catch the gold, reviving more than a century of hard feelings. The exodus from Jackson made Alpine the fastest-growing town in the state from 2000 to 2004, with a 40 percent population increase. Lincoln County officials say Alpine could easily double over the next three to five years to perhaps 2,500 people or more.
– Kirk Johnson, The New York Times
