Jules Jacques Benois Benedict (April 22, 1879 – January 16, 1948) was one of the most prominent architects in

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history, whose works include a number of well-known landmarks and buildings listed on the

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Biography

Commonly known as Jacques Benedict, he was born in

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in 1879, and he studied architecture at the

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. He came to

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in 1909, and became renowned for his many prominent works including homes, churches, academic and public buildings, spanning a range of architectural styles and with a particular gift for melding with natural landscapes. Benedict married June Louise Brown in Denver on February 20, 1912, and was hired to be the architect of the Denver archdiocese of the

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, becoming a respected authority on sacred architecture. The architect has been described by his biographer Doris Hulse, as "talented, cultured, eccentric, flamboyant, practical, difficult, opinionated, generous, temperamental, considerate, gentleman farmer, man-about-town", and a number of his works are widely known today. Benedict died in January 1948 in a Denver hospital.

Works

Denver

*1901, Park Hill Elementary School, 5050 E. 19th Ave. *1910, McDonough House, 3939 W. 46th Ave *1910, Mayer House, 4101 Mountview Blvd.,

*1910, Turner-Schuyler House, 300 E. 8th Ave. (demolished) *1911, Central Savings Bank, 1108 15th St. (demolished) *1911, Sunken Gardens Pavilion, Elati St. (demolished) *1911, City Park Natural History Museum Esplanade, City Park, Denver (demolished) *1912, Ellis House, 1700 E. 3rd. Ave.

*1912, Snyder-Dorsey House, 330 Gilpin St.,

*1912, Albany Hotel Annex, 16th St. and Stout St. (demolished) *1912, Huff House, 120 Humboldt St.,

*1913, Roger W. Woodbury Branch Library, 3265 Federal Blvd.,

*1913, Washington Park Boating Pavilion, Washington Park,

*1913, Steinhauer House, 650 Williams St. *1914, J.C. Peet House, 1717 E. Arizona Ave. *1914, Craig House, 605 E. 9th Ave. *1916, Flatiron Building, 1669 Broadway (demolished) *1917, George Cranmer House, 200 Cherry Street,

*1917, Springer-Davidson-Wilson-Wilfley House, 770 Olive St. *1919, Phipps House, 161 Race St.,

*1920, Kistler-Rodriguez House, 700 E. 9th Ave.,

*1920, Radetsky House, 800 Race St. *1920, Thomas-Phipps House, 360 High St.,

*1920, Urling House, 4050 Montview Blvd. *pre-1921, Vali House *1921, Brown-Garrey-Congdon House, 1300 E. 7th Ave. Pkwy.,

*1921, Malo Mansion, 500 E. 8th Ave., Denver Local Landmark *1922, First Church of Divine Science, 1400 Williams St., State Register *1922, James J. Waring House, 910 Gaylord St. *1922, Oberfeider House, 2701 E. 7th Ave. *1924, Levie-Leman-Bailey House, 817 Race St. *1924, Rosedale Elementary School, 2330 S. Sherman St. *1924, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 633 19th St. *1924, Richthofen Castle (south wing), 7020 E. 12th Ave. & Olive St.,

*1925, John G. and Helen Kerr House, 1900 E. 7th Ave.,

*1925, Kohn House, 770 High St. *1926, St. Joseph's Catholic Church Rectory, 605 W. 6th St. *1926, Richard C. Campbell House, 909 York St.,

*1926, Salzer House, 801 Race St. *1926, Cullen Thompson Motor Co./Chrysler Building/Gart Sports, 1000 Broadway *1926-31, St. Thomas Theological Main Seminary Buildings, now Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary, 1330 S. Steele St.,

*1927, McFarland House, 476 Westwood Dr.,

*1927, Geddes House, 2155 Hawthorne Pl.,

*1927, Herres House, E. 6th Ave. and York St. (demolished) *1927, Fitzell House, 2900 E. 7th Ave. Pkwy. *1928, Graland School, E. 1st Ave. (demolished) *1928, St. Andrews Episcopal Church Clergy House, 2013 Glenarm St.,

*ca 1928, Evans House Terrace and Stairway, 2001 E. Alameda Ave. (demolished) *1929, Douglas House, 576 Circle Dr.,

*1930-33, Weckbaugh House also known as Willbank House, 1701 E. Cedar Ave.,

*1932, Arthur House, 355 Gilpin St.,

*1932, Benedict Fountain, E. 20th Ave. and Court Place *1932, Hungarian Freedom Park Fountain (Children's Fountain), Speer Blvd. and Clarkson St., moved here from Belmar c. 1971,

*1935, Colorado Building/Hayden, Dickinson & Feldhauser Building, 1609-1615 California St., 1935 *1936, St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Cloisters, Prayer Garden & Monastery, 1060 11th St.,

* Highland Park, roughly bounded by Highland Park Place, Federal Boulevard, and Fairview Place, NRHP-listed

Elsewhere

*1911, Walker House, Mt. Falcon, Morrison vicinity, Jefferson (ruins) *1911, Summer Home for the Presidents of the United States, Mt. Falcon Park, Morrison vicinity, Jefferson (ruins) *1912, Wyldemere Farm (now Carmelite Convent), 6138 S. Gallup St., Littleton, Arapahoe *1914, Denison Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder *1915, Bergen Park Pavilion, CO Hwy. 74, Evergreen vicinity, Jefferson

*1917, Chief Hosa Lodge and Picnic Shelter, 26771 Genesee Ln., Golden vicinity, Jefferson

*1917, Littleton Carnegie Library, 2707 W. Main St., Littleton *1918, Filius Park Shelter & Pumphouse, CO Hwy 74, Evergreen vicinity, Jefferson,

*1919,

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, 1817 Arapahoe St., Golden, Jefferson,

*1920, Littleton Town Hall and Fire Department, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, Arapahoe,

*1920, Paul T. Mayo Lodge, 32743 Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen vicinity, Jefferson *1920, Rosedale, Evergreen, Colorado *1920s, Genesee Ski Club, Genesee, Golden vicinity, Jefferson (demolished) *pre-1922, Waring Lodge, Bear Creek Canyon, Evergreen, Jefferson *pre-1922, Phelan Cabin, Colorow Point, Lookout Mountain, Golden vicinity, Jefferson *1922, Daniels Park Picnic Shelter, County Rd. 67, Sedalia vicinity, Douglas,

*ca 1923, Starbuck Park Well House, CO Hwy 74, Idledale vicinity, Jefferson,

*1925, Dedisse Park Clubhouse also known as Keys on the Green, 29614 Upper Bear Creek Rd., Evergreen vicinity, Jefferson,

*1926, Echo Lake Lodge, CO Hwy 103 & 5, Idaho Springs vicinity, Clear Creek,

*1928, Baehr Lodge/Baehr Den of the Rockies (Pine Valley Lodge), 16405 CO Hwy. 126, Pine vicinity, Jefferson, State Register *1928,

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*1928, Sparey House, Broadmoor area, Colorado Springs, El Paso *1928, Herman Coors Gardner's House, 810 19th St., Golden *1929, First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, Arapahoe *1931, Ingersoll House, 4 Pourtales Rd., Colorado Springs, El Paso *1932, Highlands Ranch Headquarters, 9900 S. Ranch Rd., Highlands Ranch, Douglas *mid-1930s, Little Park Well House, CO Hwy 74, Idledale, Jefferson,

*mid-1930s, Summit Lake Park Shelter, Mt. Evans Rd., Idaho Springs vicinity,

*1935, St. Catherine's Chapel at Camp St. Malo, CO Hwy. 7, Allenspark vicinity *1936, Belmar/Mary Bonfils Berryman Estate, replica of

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palace in

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, for

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, 769 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Jefferson (demolished) *1937, Colorado School of Mines Field House also known as Steinhauer Field House, Illinois and 13th Sts., Golden, Jefferson, also designed

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Gallery

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, Golden, Colorado

References

External links

Bibliographic notes and plans for the J. G. Kerr house are available at Denver Public LibraryBenedict information and photos
at

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