Potter Highlands, founded by Scottish immigrants early in the city’s history, has lots going for it today, including a location thatap a short walk from popular LoHi dining spots like Tony P’s Pizzeria and Highland Tap — and a historic designation that helps protect its Victorian architecture.
Today, Potter Highlands expert Amy Berglund with Re/Max Professionals will show you one of the first homes built there: a pretty, brick cottage dating from 1885, just coming on the market this weekend. If you’ve shopped some of these smaller Highland properties, you’re going to see a particularly attractive interior, lots of light and a thorough makeover of its living room, kitchen, baths and master suite.
Actually, Potter Highlands was platted by Walter Potter less than a decade after Denver’s 1859 founding. But, as often happened in historic areas, it slipped into a market eclipse that postponed its successful development, leaving the two-bedroom, two-bath home at 3355 Alcott Street as one of the earliest in the area.
It was conceived, Berglund says, for a resident who ended up building the larger, neo-classical two-story directly north, to entice his bride to make the 4,200-mile move from Scotland to Denver.
In the 1920s, it was home to John E. Karns, a celebrity pugilist known around the local boxing circuit.
The price is $548,000.
Berglund will have St. Paddy’s Day treats out today, Sunday, March 18, from noon to 4 p.m., while pointing out the charms of this home, including a bright sun porch off the entry, original floors in fir and pine, a vintage fireplace mantle in tile with a gas insert, leaded glass windows and a remodeled kitchen with all appliances and a pass-thru to the dining room.
You’ll also see two items not that common in these early properties: a big backyard with garden beds, patio, fire pit and pergola; and a two-car garage thatap of recent vintage — not a dingy outbuilding that once housed a horse and buggy.
To reach the open house from I-25, head northwest on Speer Boulevard a block to Zuni Street, turn north on Zuni 9 blocks — past Duo and Tony P’s — to West 34th Avenue, then turn west a block to Alcott.
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