About the London House

    • Studio, 1-Bedroom & 2-Bedroom units available
    • 1 reserved off-street parking spot per unit
    • Wood burning fireplaces
    • Private balconies (except for garden Level Units)
    • Cable & high Speed Internet ready
    • Indoor heated swimming pool
    • Dry sauna
    • Exercise equipment
    • Patio area with gas grill
    • Paid baseboard radiator heat
    • Up to 2 pets welcome
    • Immersed in the life of Capitol Hill area:
      • On #10 RTD bus line, access to many others
      • 1 mile from Downtown Denver / Lodo / 16th St Mall
      • Dining
      • Nightlife
      • Cherry Creek Mall
      • 2 neighborhood grocery stores: Queen Soopers and Wild Oats)
    • Package pick-up by building resident caretaker
    • Member of Neighborhood Watch
  • Monthly Association Fees Covers
    • Water, sewer and trash
    • Heat
    • Pool and sauna maintenance
    • Building maintenance
    • Common area maintenance
    • Snow removal
    • Landscaping & maintenance
    • Roof maintenance
    • Parking lot maintenance
    • Resident building caretaker
    • Building insurance (you must still carry your own condo insurance)

History of the London House

It was a handsome house,wasn't it? Good sized, with interesting features--curved bays, gables, balconies, and a deep porch. An attractive wrought iron fence bordered the property. The house was well kept up, so even though it had several owners and different uses, it never had a run-down look.

The house was built in the early 1890's for H.B. Chamberlain. The architect is unknown. In 1894, Julius A. Myers, a banker and highly successful real estate broker in Denver purchased the property. Mr. Myers came to the Colorado territory after his service with the 11th Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War. He was a junior partner in Bennett & Myers, which owned the land that Cripple Creek, CO is built on. He was also a member of the city council and was partly responsible for the city's purchase of a large tract of land that would later become City Park. 

Myers married Miss Hattie Eaton in 1872, and their only daughter Mabel, was presented to society in 1900 at a reception given at the house.

Over the years, the house offered its hospitality on various occasions. One of these was an elegant reception on November 20, 1900 to introduce Miss Mabel Myers to Denver society. Mabel was a noted society girl and well known for her beauty and charm.  She died young in 1911 shortly after her marriage.

A more commercial type of hospitality was offered during the years it was run as a boarding house/hotel by Mrs. Mary Isbell, the second long-term owner of the house.

Did you ever see it? The address was 1205 Ogden Street (sometimes called Alta Street). In later years, the carriage house was used as an apartment, and its street address was 933 E. 12th Avenue.

The house is gone now. What remains is the sandstone wall which supported the iron fence and which gives distinction to our own London House property. Some of the house's wood panelling was used to give our club room the appearance of a classic English interior. The picture above was taken in 1969, just before the house was torn down and construction of the London House apartments began.