The Sheedy Mansion and its accompanying carriage house is a historic residence located at 1115-1121 Grant St. in
Denver, Colorado. It was built in 1892 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Architecture
The three-story mansion, with accompanying two-story carriage house, cover a total of 20,000 sq. ft. (16,000 sq. ft. for mansion and 4,000 sq. ft. for carriage house) and contain 42 rooms. It was designed by architects
Erasmus T. Carr and
William Pratt Feth
William Pratt Feth (1866–1959) and Myron K. Feth were architects in Kansas. A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Nathaniel H. Burt House by William P. Feth is significant both for its assoc ...
and displays a combination of the
Queen Anne and
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...
architectural styles. The exterior is constructed of red brick and sandstone.
History
The mansion gets its name from its original owner, Dennis Sheedy. Sheedy first commissioned Kansan architects Carr & Feth to design the residence in 1890. Construction finished two years later, and it remained in the Sheedy family’s possession until 1923, when Dennis Sheedy died and his wife moved away.
In 1927, the mansion was purchased by Helen G. Bonfils, who repurposed it into a fine arts studio. It remained an art studio until 1974. The mansion then transferred ownership to Communicor Realtors, who converted both the mansion and carriage house into private office suites. Today, it is owned by event management company Unbridled Solutions. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 2004.
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See also
* Peabody-Whitehead Mansion
The Peabody-Whitehead mansion is a historic residence located at 1128 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick mansion was designed in 1889 by architect Frank Edbrooke, designer of Denver’s famous Brown Palace Hotel. The mansi ...
, another historic mansion located across the street at 1128 Grant St., listed as a Denver Landmark
References
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Denver
Victorian architecture in Colorado
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Colorado
Queen Anne architecture in Colorado