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Country Club
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Nowhere else in Denver does the canopy of 100-year-old
American elms spread quite so magnificently over tiled
rooftops and broad parkways as it does in Country Club.
One of city's most cherished neighborhoods, Country Club
- occasionally referred to as "Denver's Spanish
Suburb" - is also among the most scenic.
Stately Spanish gateways and lush gardens stand sentry-like
at the entrances to the elegant community as if to protect
the rural ambiance of its quiet streets. The gates, parkways,
and many of the area's homes were designed by architects
William and Arthur Fisher, renowned for their refined
Mediterranean designs, a sensibility that Arthur acquired
during his sojourns through southern Europe.
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During the late 1800s, area was given over to
farms and sporting facilities. The Gentlemen's
Driving Association, whose illustrious membership
included Horace Tabor and Walter Cheeseman, planted
hundreds of trees near 4th Avenue and Corona and
built a half-mile track, two-story clubhouse, and
stables for sulky racing.
Gala parties were not uncommon with races frequently
enlivened by a bass band. But as interest in
racing waned, the Driving Association directors
sold out, to be succeeded by a second group of
sports-minded Denverites, the Overland Park (Golf)
Club. Seeking a new venue, the members incorporated
as the Denver Country Club in 1901 and acquired
a 120-acre tract straddling Cherry Creek.
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The first clubhouse opened on New Year's Day
1905, and the lush new fairways, designed by noted
golf-course architect James Foulis, Jr. quickly
acquired a sterling reputation throughout the Rocky
Mountain Region.
On Country Club's eastern edge, Park Lane Square,
reminiscent of the English countryside with charming
curved streets and expansive lawns uninterrupted
by alleys or sidewalks, is entered through picturesque
English-style gates fashioned from brick.
Originally planned as a single country estate,
this elegant enclave boasts some of the grandest
estate homes in the city. Grandest of all is the
Tudor Revival Castle (Reed Mansion), an area icon
with a steeply pitched, multi-gabled, slate roof,
soaring stone chimneys, bronze window frames, and
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The commanding edifice enjoys 2.5 acres landscaped
by Saco DeBoer (architect of many Denver parkways)
as a terraced formal garden highlighted by a lily
pond and fountains. Shielded from busier districts
by Speer Boulevard Parkway and Cherry Creek Bike
Path and the Seventh Avenue and Alamo Placitas historic
districts, Country Club is nevertheless just blocks
from the heart of the Cherry Creek Shopping district
and only minutes from Downtown. |
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