The Altamaha Apartments, at 1490 Lafayette St. in the

Cheesman Park Cheesman Park is an urban park and neighborhood located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States. Geography Cheesman Park is located in central Denver, southeast of downtown. The Park has inexact borders, as it is framed on three ...

neighborhood of

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, was built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It was designed by architect George L. Bettcher in Italian Renaissance Revival style. It was deemed significant as representing "Denver's early twentieth century adoption of a new form of residential housing-the luxury apartment building. The Altamaha Apartments are also significant under Criterion C, as they embody the distinctive characteristics of the Italian Renaissance Revival style as applied to an apartment building. With It has also been known as Alta Court, and in 2020 a sign indicates Alta Court Offices.Google Streetview imagery of 2020, accessed 2022. The listing includes two

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National Register of Historic Places in Denver Residential buildings completed in 1902 Renaissance Revival architecture in Colorado 1902 establishments in Colorado Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub