1501--1529 Platte St., Denver, Colorado. County/parish: Denver.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 27, 1980. NRIS 80000894.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Amos H. Root Building, or simply the Root Building, at 1501-1529 Platte St. in Denver, Colorado, was built in 1884 for businessman Amos H. Root. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The building "displays many elements characteristic of commercial structures of the period."
It was one of the last cast iron structures built in Denver. Its first floor facade is made of cast iron column and beam construction, which supports two stories above of brickwork. Early on, the building served as a drugstore, furniture store, warehouse, and rooming house. Later it became a manufacturing plant for George Washington Olinger's Highland Casket Company, a company which still existed in 1979.
It was deemed "significant for its association with Amos H. Root, an important businessman in Colorado, for its architectural features, and for its role in the commercial development of the downtown Denver."
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