The last remaining Spanish Colonial revival home designed by turn-of-the-20th-century Denver architects William E. and Arthur A. Fisher is on the market for $5.1 million.
The house sits on 1 acre of land in Polo Club, an exclusive enclave south of Cherry Creek Shopping Center.
It was built in 1928 for banker William Berger on land that at the time was part of a 160-acre polo club near Denver Country Club.
The Fishers were known for their Mediterranean-style designs.
In addition to the Berger house, they built Colorado National Bank, Morey Middle School, Presbyterian Hospital, Davis & Shaw Furniture Company, South High School, the Phipps mansion and the University of Denver stadium.
When Brad Slingerlend bought the house four years ago, it was in a state of disrepair, said Pat Wall, a broker with the Kentwood Co. in Cherry Creek who is listing the house.
“The tennis court was buckled and cracked, and everything in the house was 75 years old,” she said.
The 8,000-square-foot stucco mansion features thick hand- hewn beams, inlaid tile and hardwood floors. It was designed with four fireplaces, seven bedrooms and a 1,700-square-foot master suite.
Slingerlend, who works in the financial services industry, paid $2.4 million for the house, according to city records. Wall said he spent at least $1.5 million renovating it.
Work included landscaping, installing new copper gutters, building a four-car garage, removing the tennis court and reducing the number of bedrooms from seven to four.
The home now includes a spiral staircase from the master bath to the roof, a home theater, four security cameras, a new security system, and 11 zones of audio distribution with keypads and volume controls.
“This will be a house for someone who wants a lot of privacy,” Wall said.
While plenty of modern technology is incorporated, most of the home’s original architectural features remain, including hand- carved doors, Rolscreen windows, and a chandelier with prisms and balls made of limestone rather than crystal.
Staff writer Margaret Jackson can be reached at 303-954-1473 or mjackson@denverpost.com.
