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DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING PARLOR
2745 Welton St., (Curtis Park)

Built in 1891, this cottage was remodeled in 1916 with a Neoclassical façade designed by Merril and Burnham Hoyt. Housed the undertaking business owned and operated by the son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass until 1957, when it became a billiard hall.

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From Denver’s Landmarks and Historic Districts: A Pictorial Review, by Thomas J. Noel. University Press of Colorado, 1996.

Douglass photo credit: Tom Noel