Whittier is a neighborhood of
Denver, Colorado
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, located approximately two miles northeast of downtown Denver. The boundaries of the neighborhood are 23rd Avenue to the south, Martin Luther King Boulevard (32nd) to the north, Downing St. to the west and York St. to the east. The neighborhood is mostly residential and old (1890s) by standards of the cities of the
American West
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. Most of the housing stock was built prior to the 1940s.
Neighborhood Summary: Whittier
The Piton Foundation website, accessed October 18, 2010
The neighborhood is named for an elementary school located at 25th Avenue and Downing St. which was named after John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet ...
(1807-1892), an abolitionist
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The first country to fully outlaw slavery was Kingdom of France, France in 1315, but it was later used ...
poet and a founding member of the American Republican political party. Given the philosophy of Whittier, the neighborhood was ethnically integrated from its inception.
Today, the Whittier neighborhood is ethnically diverse with Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites composing the population. A combination of proximity to downtown, parks and a public golf course in addition to a housing stock of early twentieth century homes of craftsman
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architecture at reasonable prices is driving an influx of young professionals and their families to the Whittier neighborhood.
Notable people
* Bob Ragland (1938 – 2021) artist, teacher, television host, author, and activist. The nearby Bob Ragland branch of the Denver Public Library
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is named after him.
See also
*Bibliography of Colorado
This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado.
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**List of neighborhoods in Denver
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References
External links
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