DENVER — Denver fire crews rushed to protect one of Denver’s oldest houses early Saturday morning after the famed Croke-Patterson Mansion caught fire.
The Denver Fire Department responded to smoke streaming from a second-floor window on the northeast side of the house at 12:39 a.m., said Division Chief Steven Garrod.
Crews used an engine ladder to get into the mansion.
The fire appeared to have started in a second-floor bedroom, Garrod said. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the bedroom and quickly extinguished it.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The house is under renovation, and various construction materials were present.
The house, a three-story, red-sandstone mansion at 420 E. 11th Ave. between Pennsylvania and Logan streets on Capitol Hill, was built in 1890. It has Denver, Colorado and national historic-landmark designation.
In recent months, the mansion was bought by C-P-C Mansion LLC and was being renovated into a bed-and-breakfast inn.
The house is also known as a stop on haunted-history tours of the city.
Nick Groke, The Denver Post
