1889
1924
Architecture of Colorado
Denver
department stores
Frank E. Edbrooke
Random Building
1971 – Denver Art Museum, Colorado
1889 – Denver Dry Building, Denver
Architect: Frank E. Edbrooke
Originally built in 1889,the store was expanded in 1898, 1906 and 1924, the Denver Dry Goods Company Building is a historic department store building. For a while, the store was claimed to be the largest department store west of Chicago. A description on one postcard from 1916 read: “The Largest Store in the Central West, 400 Feet long-Seven Acres Floor Area, 1,200 Employees, A $1,500,000 Stock, 15th to 16th on California Street Denver Colorado”. It was converted to apartments in 1994.
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