Exterior photograph of the Grafton or the Adline Apartments located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by James Murdoch, The Grafton is a good example of a late Victorian era apartment building, reflecting eclectic architectural detailing. The facade of the 1890 brick building is distinguished by several two-story semicircular bays, with two-tiered porches located between the bays. The large second floor windows are set in rounded stone arches, and numerous gabled dormers punctuate the wood shingled mansard-like roof. The building was reportedly constructed as a "family hotel" or "elite boarding house" for Albert W. Brewster, who is credited with laying out the towns of La Veta, Garland, and Alamosa for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Description
1 photographic slide: color, 2 x 2 in.
Subject
Aldine Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver.; Brewster, Albert W.--Homes and haunts--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
Original photograph held by The Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, History Colorado
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