Denver area Real Estate Listings of Houses and Homes for Sale in Denver County, Colorado


	University, University Park and University Hills Houses for Sale

University, University Park and University Hills

Denver, nicknamed “The Mile High City” and “Queen City of the Plains,” was founded in 1860 and became the capital of the Colorado Territory in 1861 and then of Colorado when it became a state in 1876. Denver was built on gold and silver mined from Clear Creek, Cripple Creek and the surrounding mountains. The dusty mining town is long gone, replaced by a cosmopolitan city with a Western spirit.

Manufacturing, distribution, transportation and energy companies now bring wealth to the city. Points of interest outside of downtown include the Aviation and Space Center of the Rockies, Four Mile Historic Park, Mizel Museum of Judaica, and seventeen municipally owned mountain park areas covering 14,000 acres. Van tours depart from downtown hotels and offer sight-seeing trips to the local mountains, Coors Brewery, Red Rocks Park, Pikes Peak, gold and silver mines, ski areas and historic downtown locales.

Downtown Denver is the center of what makes the city a wonderful and sophisticated locale. University, University Park, and University Hills residents have easy access to historic buildings, museums, art districts, parks and great shopping areas. The capitol of Denver is located downtown, in the neighborhood of Capitol Hill. The Colorado History Museum is in this neighborhood along with the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring plants native to the Rocky Mountains and the home of Molly Brown, Titanic survivor. The US Mint, Denver Art Museum and Byers-Evans House – built in 1883 – are in the Golden Triangle neighborhood.

Lower Downtown, or LoDo, is home to the Denver Convention Center, the Denver Performing Arts Center, Trianon Museum and Art Gallery, and the pedestrian-only 16th Street Mall. Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, the Children’s Museum of Denver and Colorado’s Ocean Journey, a 106,500 square foot aquarium, are located in the Central Platte Valley neighborhood. Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets NBA basketball team and the Colorado Avalanche NHL hockey team, is adjacent to this neighborhood. Invesco Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos NFL football team, is just across I-25.

The neighborhood of Ballpark features Coors Field at the south end and eclectic Larimer Street with its pubs, antique shops, coffeehouses, boutiques, cafes and small businesses, and Larimer Square with buildings dating to the Civil War. Larimer Square features entertainment, restaurants and shops.

There are several hospitals in the Uptown neighborhood as well as the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys. Trinity United Methodist Church is located in Uptown. It is the oldest church in Denver, founded in 1859. The stained glass windows were built in 1888 by Healy and Milet of Chicago, and the 4202-piece pipe organ was built the same year.

The neighborhood of Highland is home to Potter’s Row, a district of renovated Victorian houses and the West 28th Avenue Historic District (Stoneman’s Row) with its turn of the century flagstone houses and walkways.

The neighborhood of Five Points is home to the only predominantly African-American owned commercial strip in the country, with more than 75 businesses. There are hundreds of acres of parkland in the 13 downtown neighborhoods.

Confluence Park in Central Platte Valley neighborhood is located on the South Platte River and offers kayaking. City Park is adjacent to the Uptown and Whittier neighborhoods and is the home of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo.

The Denver Parks and Recreation Division offers classes, sports leagues, fitness, and aquatics at the city’s parks and recreation centers. City-owned and private golf courses offer plenty of places to tee it up. There are 650 miles of paved walking, biking and jogging trails throughout the city. Many trails converge in downtown areas, making for an easy commute on foot, rollerblades or by bike.