United Western Financial Center, Modernist skyscraper in Denver, United States.
The United Western Financial Center is a 24-floor office high-rise at 700 17th Street in Denver, Colorado, completed in 1961. It rises 357 feet (109 meters) and was designed by the architecture firm Raymond Harry Ervin & Associates in the modernist style. It ranks as the 28th tallest building in Denver.
The United Western Financial Center was completed in 1961, the work of the Denver architecture firm Raymond Harry Ervin & Associates. It was built in the modernist style and rises 24 floors to 357 feet (109 m), making it the 28th tallest building in Denver.
Completed in 1961, the tower belongs to the first wave of modernist office high-rises that replaced Denver's older low-rise downtown. Its address at 700 17th Street places it in the financial district, and its 24 floors made it one of the city's taller buildings at the time, now ranked 28th in Denver.
The tower stands at 700 17th Street, between Denver's downtown grid streets, so it is reached on foot from nearby offices and transit stops. The entrance faces the street at ground level; the upper floors are private office space, so visitors see the exterior only.
At 357 feet and 24 floors, the United Western Financial Center ranks as the 28th tallest building in Denver, a figure that places it among the city's taller towers even though its modernist design draws little attention.
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