Byers-Evans House, Italianate house museum in Golden Triangle, Denver, United States
The Byers-Evans House is an Italianate-style residence built in 1883 at 1310 Bannock Street, directly behind the Denver Art Museum. It has been restored to the 1912–1924 period and retains about 90% of the Evans family's original furniture, glassware, china, and household items.
William Byers, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, built the house in 1883 and sold it to William Gray Evans in 1889. Evans's mother, Margaret Patten Gray Evans, a former first lady of Colorado, moved in with her daughter Anne Evans in 1900. Evans family members lived here until 1981, when the house and its contents were donated to History Colorado.
The Center for Colorado Women's History operates here with exhibitions showing how women shaped the state's development. Visitors see throughout the rooms how everyday life and work revealed the roles women played across different social levels.
Guided tours take visitors through the rooms where much of the Evans family's original collection remains on display. Plan to climb stairs between floors and allow enough time to move through the entire house at a comfortable pace.
Rooms throughout the house are separated by ornate Lincrusta-Walton archways that date to its construction era. A cast iron railing from the 1890s crowns the rooftop, originally serving as a lookout platform for residents.
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