Davis Waite House
Historic house in Colorado, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Davis Waite House is located on West Francis Street in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a wooden structure in Victorian architectural styles built during the 1880s. In 1987 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other historic properties in the city.
Davis Waite House | |
Location | Aspen, CO |
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Coordinates | 39°11′39″N 106°49′26″W |
Built | 1888 |
Architectural style | Victorian |
MPS | Historic Resources of Aspen |
NRHP reference No. | 87000160 |
Added to NRHP | March 6, 1987 |
Davis H. Waite, an early owner, was one of the founding publishers of The Aspen Daily Times. He was later elected governor of Colorado. After a single term he returned to Aspen. Later owners included Herbert Bayer, an Austrian architect extensively involved in the mid-20th-century renovation of Aspen, and Robert Orville Anderson, an oil executive who was chairman of the Aspen Institute board.[1]
The property includes two small outbuildings, one of which is a more modern one that has been connected to the main house since its construction. The unconnected one is believed to be one of Aspen's few remaining original log cabins, now covered in clapboard, and is thus considered a contributing resource to the National Register listing. All buildings have remained largely intact.