Why Barnum has its own termite considerations
Built for owners of 1920s Craftsman-style homes in West Denver.
Barnum was platted in the late 1870s on land purchased by circus showman P.T. Barnum, and annexed by Denver in stages (1893/1902).
The bulk of home construction happened in a 1920s Craftsman-style building boom.
It’s a working-class West Denver neighborhood, in contrast to wealthier neighborhoods like Capitol Hill or Cherry Creek.
The age and modest scale of this 1920s Craftsman wood-frame housing stock is similar in era to Platt Park and Sunnyside, but distinct in its working-class West Denver origin.