City records show that the three-bedroom Victorian house at 2719 W. 32nd Ave. in Denver was built in 1900. But Potter Highlands expert Amy Berglund with Re/Max Professionals is guessing itap older than that — probably pre-1893, when the Silver Bust slowed homebuilding in the Queen City to a trickle.
That home, which she has open Sunday, Dec. 9, from noon to 4 p.m., has plenty of Victorian hallmarks: a narrow three-story plan, high-peaked gables with wood corbels around the eaves, fish-scale shingles and gingerbread, two-panel pocket doors that work and strip-fir floors.
Today it has Potter Highlands’ historic district protections, along with a setting kitty-corner from the neighborhood’s popular commercial block along 32nd between Bryant and Clay, where you’ll see the old Holiday Theater (now a church) marquee, along with Park Burger, Patzcuaro’s, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt and some other eateries.
Potter and other Highlands neighborhoods are an anomaly this season, says Berglund, still doing well in a Denver city market that feels a little out of balance after years of rapid appreciation.
The restaurant scene — which grows more alluring as you head east on 32nd toward Tony P’s and Gallop Café, or west toward Highland Square — keeps the area simmering despite the wider cooling trend.
However, Berglund (she’ll have Christmas treats out Sunday, Dec. 9) says a genuine Victorian like this one takes a special buyer.
“You have to love the little quirks, the steep stairs; but thatap what makes these special,” she says, adding that the crafted elements add intrinsic value that can’t be duplicated at anywhere near the cost.
The price is a tad below what the same house would be a few blocks north into Potter, but has some views of downtown, the stadium and mountains from its second- and third-story bedrooms that other homes in the area don’t have.
The current seller, a chef, has a gas cooktop and a mile-wide stainless fridge in the kitchen, and there’s a sheltered two-car carport with doors on the alley, plus lots of patio area.
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