Eugene Groves
Eugene G. Groves (1883–1967) was an American architect of Denver, Colorado. He was responsible for the design of civic and educational facilities throughout Colorado over a career spanning five decades. Early life Eugene Gregory Groves was born on February 9, 1883, at Dana, Indiana, to Martha (Trobridge) and Thomas Jefferson Groves. He attended school at the Y.M.C.A. in Indianapolis, Indiana. There was a Y.M.C.A. Night School with a commercial department in Indianapolis. He was awarded a scholarship to Harvard University and attended the school from 1909 to 1911. In 1918, he married Jessie B. Scott in New York City. They were divorced on April 18, 1931, in Jefferson County, Colorado. Career He came to Denver in 1914 due to poor health. He designed numerous buildings and additions for Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins from the 1920s through 1950. Many of his buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places and reflect his interest in a number of architectu ...
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Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ...
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