Byers-Evans House

Category: Sightseeing Attraction

Visit this historic and beautiful Victorian home, now a distinctive house museum. Originally built in 1883 by Rocky Mountain News publisher Williams Byers and sold in 1889 to the family of William Gray Evans, an officer of the Denver Tramway Company. Now owned by the Colorado Historical Society (CHS), the house is open to the public for guided tours, which offer a rewarding look at life in early Denver. The two-story, claret-colored brick residence, built in Italianate style with a flat roof and a decorative cornice, remains an important link to the men and women who once lived there and left a strong imprint on the city that grew up around them.

Tour the house and view a short film that features the careers of these two pioneer Denver families and the city they built.