Visit the Home of Molly Brown - Survivor Of The Titanic
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2012
- The fateful sinking of the famous luxury liner Titanic, propelled survivor Margaret "Molly" Brown to international fame. Take a tour of her Denver home.
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The were going to tear down this house to make a parking lot in 1970 until a group of 16 citizens of Denver came together to save it. I want to thank those citizens and extend my gratitude to their families. For if it were not for people stepping forward to save these incredible examples of architecture, we would not be able to enjoy these places to today.
+Michelle B these--and other committed citizens--all deserve a medal! thanks for pointing it out!!
The same fate was about to happen to Madame C. J. Walker's home, until IT was saved in 1976. I'll assume by this same organization.
Michelle B, amen!
william alderman, I didn't know that.
Amen. The U.S. is a young country compared to the rich history of Asia & Europe and I think we need to preserve all the history and our past as much as possible.
Why do people want to tear down everything? Houses and furniture back then was so beautiful. Even the cars back then were made to last, not the plastic cheap cars today that cost a fortune. The clothes, I could go on and on 🥰
Sadly for money
I love that Annapolis and Chestertown MD have homes before the 1900s. They are beautiful even if some of the ones in Chestertown have been used as apartments, the exterior is still beautiful. My mom's a realtor I love going into the old homes. They make me so happy.
Because it can literally cost millions of dollars to restore, preserve, and revitalize old homes by removing mold, fixing wiring, etc. Do you want money taken out of your paycheck to fund every old home in the world? Donate your money to historic societies and you could help.
Everything goes in circles. I can see work of art homes coming back and especially simple automobiles that cost $6000 to make and $12,000 to buy.
The cars may be plastictoday, but today’s engines will last over 300 k mikes , unlike the old cars . The interior in the older cars was shot and after just a few years and falling down and the exterior paint on older cars faded in a few short years . Give me new any day for durability, but for looks I do like the older models . .
Homes were works of art in those days. We've lost so much.
You are so right, Cliffedward. A friend just bought a beautiful 1920 house and it so spacious and civilized. So gracious and serene. I could feel that, even in its empty state. It permeated me. People seem to have had respect for themselves in those days. Talk about better times and better people. Contrast it with the tacky, jerry-built MacMansion a cousin lives in. Dear God. Like comparing The Ritz to a Holiday Inn.
cliffedward So true!
And today the architecture people rave over how fantastic these modern houses and Frank Lloyd Wright houses are and I'm looking at pictures of these things and they look like DENTAL OFFICES in a commercial business park or somehting, cold, sterile, nothing but flat ugly concrete and plain glass!
Such loving attention to the most minute detail. Magnificent.
Victorian Sculptures
Kathy Bates bears an uncanny likeness to Molly Brown and was the perfect actress to portray her in the movie Titanic.
I never saw that movie. I will look it up.
@@susannaCdonovan23such a shame, Susanna. It's a must watch
This is where my husband and I were married back in 1993. We were married on the front porch with our families and friends.
Beautiful place to get married!
Cool
The Titanic has always fascinated me since I was a kid. Could you imagine the literal horror of that night?
I never watched the second half of that movie till recently & now sorry I did. Wish I didn't know.
Another Survivor was Senior stewardess Violet Jessop. There is a book about her life called Titanic Survivor by John Maxtone Graham. She retired to Suffolk in UK where she lived out her days. My brother and sister in law bought her cottage in 2009 and absolutely loved it.
Book is an interesting read
When I watched the titanic movie at first I LOVED it and I studied all about it and now I cant stop thinking about the people that died and how much people did die the amount of people that died compared to the amount of people is CRAZY mean it doesnt matter that the deck would look crowded I understand it's a huge boat that people paid SO much to get on but like it just doesnt matter
@@eileenbyrne1280 And theres a video about Eva Hart that was on the titanic but the video was about her talking about how it was on the titanic while it was sinking I wasnt really enjoying the video bc it was like a news report on TV and it was recorded and posted on youtube but yeah you should check it out
@@russbeverly7353 Yes I know about Eva Hart too as she was born in Ilford and so was I. Small world
Houses today are nothing more than expensive boxes. No style at all
Scarlett WhispererASMR can't believe I've just found an asmrtist on here 😊
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John Harrill and very vulnerable to damage 💲
Houses today are certainly NOT sturdier. For one, new homes build today use cheap plywood to start. There's not much to modern homes today that are built to last more than 50 years. I study architecture as a hobby and know a bit about building, coming from a family of builders. My grandfather build 4 homes for my family since the 40's. The last house we lived in build in 1959 was completely built out of cedar and thick beams that interlock. There is no cheap wood in the house or compressed wood board. The only downside to Victorians is plastered walls, but the framework is usually a lot more sturdy than standards today. Another good example is colonial period. Thicker beams with wooden peg (nails) that can pretty well withstand a small hurricane. I've seen a lot more of both types of houses with ample examples of sturdier than now architecture. Why do you think these homes are still standing after 130+ years? Because they were made to last, unlike cheap design today. Cookie cutter glorified cardboard boxes..
Scarlett's ASMR I was told the builders rush through it. My parents house was built in 60s or 70s and is good.
I agree.
So interesting. Hats off to those who helped save the former home of the unsinkable Molly Brown. It’s unthinkable that such a home would have been demolished to make way for a parking lot.
She was a hero. The night Titanic sank she helped load lifeboats until she was talked into getting on lifeboat number 6. She then took an oar in the lifeboat she was in, after the ship had gone down she pushed on having the lifeboat go back for survivers. If the boat did is unclear some say it did some say it did not that she was told to shut up and sit down that the crewmember on the lifeboat did not want to risk the lifeboat sinking by people trying to get in it. And that hero she was is how she should always be remembered.
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No I am taking that from internet research. Just search for Unsinkable Molly Brown and it will be all over the internet of her stories.
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Are you really saying that all the true stories about her told by survivors is wrong? She was a hero and she tried to save people. Do not dare to destroy her image when survivors have talked of her bravery and compassion. They say she did those things so then she did.
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It was on every site I have checked dude, unless people messed with every single one then I doubt it, also there is a documentary about Molly Brown that I have watched that tell her story and how survivors had talked about what she did. Look it up, unsinkable Molly Brown documentary
+DJ. FOUR50 - I attended a private vocational school in Denver during the summer of 1994, and the school was virtually right across the street from the Brown Mansion. Some of us took the tour more than once during weekends and the information that King Wacky spoke of was provided on those tours, long before the movie came out.
Maggie (as she was then known) wanted everything in her life well documented. She loved the attention. She was a bit of an eccentric, but her heart was in the right place and she appears to have done a LOT of good for not only Titanic survivors, but for the city of Denver as well.
Wait did she really get told to shut up and sit down? I thought that was just in the movie
Anyone remember "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," starring Debbie Reynolds? It's a great classic.
silver Sun ditto
silver Sun -I saw it as a child and I developed my first real crush on Harve Presnell! Omg! I must have been 9 or 10, but when I heard him sing “I’ll Never Say No” to Molly? I was in LOVE! 😍
Please! Can we stop associating Debbie Reynolds' role of Molly Brown with the Real life Maggie Brown?
Yup
@@oltedders no
And some crazy people wanted to build a parking lot and destroy this amazing place??????!!! where are people's minds??!!
Pave paradise and put up a parking lot -__-
Yeah, demolish it just for a parking lot :( Why?
Minds are on money honey!
Hailey Williams ikr? Who does that?
They are called progressive liberals
Idiots is what they are
That house looks insanely cosy.
It is cosy. People often mistakenly call such houses "mansions" like the ones the Vanderbilts put up in Newport. But this house was just considered a large place built by and for wealthy people and families. You can see many like it all over Denver and especially in an area called "Five Points" where they were once very desirable for the bourgeoisie of that era. They have survived as that part of Denver declined and has not been considered a desirable place to live for 75 or more years. Hopefully gentrification will bring those houses and the neighborhood back.
You mean, cozy ?
The citizens are to be congratulated for preserving an important building in their midst! Marvellous!!👍🏼
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I am a Titanic junkie. I thought whoever did the casting for the movie did a brilliant job. Searching out actors to portray the real life passengers had to be a daunting task. Everything fell into place for this incredible jewel of a film to be made. It was genius to choose actors who resembled the passengers. They did a wonderful job. It's one of my favorite movies.
I love Historic homes. There are many in the US and Canada. No Historic house should ever be torn down. Molly Brown's house is so gorgeous inside. This is the only way I will ever see it as It's not handi-capped accessible.
Just a thought but do you have a Veterans Post close by ? Maybe they could help you.
I'm a Vet & help out at my Salvation Army core. The DAV normally he's disabled Vets, but they or Vet biker group might help you out.
I wish you lots of luck & many blessings. Say a prayer & then don't give up!
In PA, historical homes are not permitted to be torn down.
Your cat is beautiful, Karen!
Karen Wesley maybe one day
April T. Wouldn't that be amazing.
Such a beautiful house. It would have been a great shame if it was taken down just for a parking lot. Great architecture and character. Thank you for the tour inside and preserving history.
5 MINUTES wasn't enough! The tour guide was so engaging that I wanted more!
I am so glad they did not tear down the house.......great video....thank you
I love seeing old homes like this in their original form.
I wish people would stop even considering tearing down these houses. The architecture alone is fantastic but the stories behind them are worth preserving. Titanic is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time.
Kathy bates player her in the titanic movie. She did a good job
And she looked a lot like her too. Good casting.
And looked liked her too!
Yea
I've taken the Molly Brown house tour four times. Can't claim to be a native, but i'm 59 and lived in Colorado since I was 6. Always something new to learn when you take this tour!
I live the next street over it's a gorgeous home.
@@moldyapplesauce9328 I'll get you all the photos you want but for enjoyment not for proof what an insult
Your very lucky✋☺️
Lucky...please do some photo of hause if can and send me for email....shoubra34@azet.sk
I'm so glad that the home never became a parking lot! History is SOOOO much more important. And Molly Brown definitely is worth it!
Molly was one great lady she was one lady who stood up and said we need to put Moore people on this life boat she had guts
She was a woman ahead of her time.
USFanlovesjiwoo type no
YOU THINK BECAUSE IT'S IN A MOVIE IT'S TRUE..YOU NUTS
Camille Coopersmith Its more people, not Moore!
@@Ken-ue9ny Read something about Titanic story and you will find that Molly Brown really existed.
You can only imagine all the other marvelous houses like these that have been turned into parking lots.
Anyone watching in 2019..
Yes ...watching in uk ...xx
Yes, watching in Australia
Brooke Dayson yes watching in Nova Scotia !
Me too!
Yes in Canada loving it. Sad the ship sank off the Canadian coast
I met her great grandaughter last week in Branson Missouri. Really nice lady
That house is so cool.i would love to live in a house with that much history.
Absolutely
my Grandma survived the Titanic at the age of 12.
Neat. Who was your grandmother?
+Missditabomb - Well assuming all Titanic stories are/were true, how many 12yr old females lived & went on to have children who had children so lacking in pride about their grandmother that they would write of her in such a way when they themselves would have to be close to being a 40yr-old woman (or man) themselves.
Joanne cott .....yes, well what was your grandmother's name sweetie? Please
her first name was Ella Rowe but the family says she was under another name due to father abuse. she was on her way to live with a family. she was around 12 I believe. she survived the Titanic but died at age 32 when she gave birth to my mom...
Joanne cott
Interesting. I have a book with the names of all survivors and all casualties. There could not have been that many 12-year-old females aboard. This is worth investigating.
R.I.P MOLLY BROWN BLESS IT BE
or Blessed Be even.
pheanix69 my name is Molly Brown
bless it be
pheanix69 Blessed be...
Randomly awesome 786. OMG that's creepy
The house gives us a glimpse into a by gone era.thanks for sharing
Bless , those People who came forward to save History. It would be beautiful to see.
Yup
Joshua Daniel Dichoso I love history. no matter how big or small being preserved..Take it Easy.
So glad they saved it. W/Debby Reynolds, the movie, the "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," the house was huge!
Just thinking about the movie Titanic and how perfect Kathy Bates was for the role.
Just discovered that I share a birthday with this amazing woman. I've been obsessed with Titanic for a very long time and i have had a fear of drowning my whole life. I definitely believe in a past life I was connected to Titanic.
What a beautiful home and preserving it intact is amazing. Molly Brown was beyond her times. Many accomplishments. I had no idea her home was saved. I've just added a visit to the Molly Brown house to my bucket list. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a magnificent home.
God Bless those 17 private citizens who saved this gem of a house from the wrecking ball in 197O!
Gorgeous home. They sure don’t make those beauties anymore. Now they’re just cookie cutters. No wonder Tiny Homes are so popular. You can design and build them to suit your personality. Not a whole lot of cookie cutters!
I love old homes. My home for the last 36 years is mow 114 years older and was built in 1908. Not much remains of the original interior, (it was used as a daycare for awhile) except the beautiful interior trim, and doors. Unfortunately old homes require quite a bit of maintenance. My husband and I retire soon and will move to a smaller, younger 70 year older cottage. I will miss my home and hope a family buys her and cares for her as we did.
So very glad for those citizens who saved this beautiful home, and preserved it's history. Just beautiful
I'm shocked that a bunch of teenagers even care about historical houses
Thank you, love history, any Titanic info and Molly Brown was such a character... thank for showing me her house!
Great video of the tour around Molly's house,have been a Titanic Buff for over 60 years this tragic event will never be forgotten it will remain with mankind long after the ship its self has gone.Well done those people who saved Molly's house from demolition it would have been a tragedy,I have two nice postcards of the house.MOLLY BROWN YOU WERE SOME LADY.
She was far more than a survivor of Titanic. It's worth remembering her as Margaret Brown.
I toured this home a few years ago. it was awesome. add in that I am related to molly. beautiful home! Wonderful history
How so ........
YOU’RE RELATED TO MOLLY? you are the luckiest person ever!
Yes how so?
Wow!!! God bless the citizen's that saved this house!!! ❤❤❤
Amazing detail in the house! - The Furniture, the Walls - everything. Such awesome craftmanship - made with love & patience. Unlike the glass boxes they call "Architecture" of today..
Chase Phillips ji
I ❤️❤️❤️ old homes and buildings. They have character and stories and are part of history.
We visited Molly's home in '87, I believe that's when it was. Had seen the movie Unsinkable Molly Brown years before. Recommend seeing both the movie and her home.
As a former docent of Ashton Villa in Galveston I have to say that if I was still a docent today, I would hope to be as entertaining and informative as the docent in this video! She is AMAZING!!! Can I get an AMEN?! :-)
I visited this beautiful house many years ago and have never forgotten it. So good to see it again! Thank you!
I feel like Im on the walk thru tour. I love this!
How wonderful it's great that we can hold onto just a little bit of History thank God for that
Some ways, some how we are becoming history too.Some days close my friend
Molly was awesome. No doubt about it.
Karuminu2 I'm willing to bet Molly Brown was into the cougar thing.
Karuminu2 she was
Karumin
Forget that! Lusitania was a way more important ship than Titanic!
Karuminu2 meh she gave them money 💰 to let the titanic life boat 🚣 and left
What an absolute beautiful story and thank you to the citizens of Denver for having the mindset to save such a beautiful home
I went on this tour many years ago and it was well worth the time I spent. I had seen "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" with Debbie Reynolds many years before and had a special place for Molly in my heart since then. A fascinating story and really interesting to see where she had lived.
She is the best public speaker!!! She would be the best teacher.... I would definitely listen to her lol
kennita whitehead ...I thought it was just me.😳But yes,she was so captivating to listen to.Go figure
They have fantastic tour guides at this place. All are Volunteers who have an intense love of Margret and her life.
Kennita Whitehead Me too!
I thought so too! I didn’t want her to stop & wished the video was longer. Very clear speaking voice.
Please pass along to Pam (the tour guide): Your skills in telling the story of the house and it's occupants well very well done!I'm a tour guide for the Smithsonian Institution, have been for 35 years!
HOW do you get to be a tour guide at a museum? do you have to to school for that?
Hailey Williams I think you can search it on the internet “how to become a tour guide”
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@@Khloe_dancer_model I became one after one semester in curatorship at a small museum in Alaska! My major was anthropology but I wanted to apply it, get paid for it! This was in the days long before there even WAS an "Applied Anthropology" degree available. :-)
I just wish they would talked about who's furniture is in the house if they sold it all once Molly died.
A wonderful part of history, thank goodness this beautiful home was saved. Thank you for this amazing tour & knowledge shared with us all. Beautifully done!!
Why am I just now getting this recommended?! This was AWESOME! I enjoyed this so much, thank you for the upload!!❤❤❤
Thank God for those Denver citizens.
thank God you saved it, it is BEAUTIFUL!
Wow! Thank you so much for that little nugget of History, so interested! I love stories like this
Came here a couple of years ago with my kids. Absolutely loved it and all the history that comes with the tour! Pretty much the entire home and all items in it are original! Even though there was no ac, it was well worth the visit.
thank you for making this video never knew about this
Amazing how the real Molly Brown bears such a resemblance to Kathy Bates! Awesome home!
I totally remember having a field trip in this house!! It’s amazing on the inside, it’s truly something else.
I'm so happy it wasn't made into a parking lot. Homes were simply works of art back then we have lost so much. Who needs another parking lot???? This home is beautiful
Thanks for sharing . What an amazing visit .
Wow this was awesome. I love old history like this.
Wonderfully done.
Thank you for time to do this.
A great video with so much history. Thank you.
I was in the house when I went to Denver. It is a great house, with great a antiques 👍
Such a beautiful house. They have taken amazing care of it. Keeping it clean and organized. I'm happy it's still standing. So many older homes are destroyed for over priced cheap garbage. I wish more homes of the 1800's were still around.
A lovely delivery by this tour guide - I could listen to her for hours!
I love hearing about Molly Brown's life. Thank you
Great guide ! Informative and funny
So interesting. James Cameron did an amazing job finding actors that really resemble the real person ♥️❤️
We visited the home and had a tour too. We are so glad we did. The video tour and tour guide were grand too but being there was extra special because there were more interesting information and personal things to see and learn. It is a beautiful home and Molly Brown was a forward thinking woman and leader of her day. So glad they did not tear the home down or we would of missed out on knowing more about Ms. Brown and her family. She exemplifies the best of America in helping others and improving life in Denver. But a nice parking lot close by would be helpful. Lol Except we did enjoy our short walk to Ms. Brown's. We hope someday you will be able to visit as well. She will be expecting you.
I've toured this house 3 times and I've learn something new each time.
That is incredible. I would love to see this in person one day.
At 1:29 narrator is speaking of "Anaglypta" - ax expensive product from the 1870s, still used today. People often thought it was embossed leather or metal.
+Scott Spiro I put that up in a bathroom I restored. It's a heavy pressed paper and rather easy to install. It just takes patience. Once you paint it, I guess it could be mistaken for leather. It was a bit pricey, but not much more than regular wallpaper.
It's pronounced as all one word not like the narrator pronounced it.
Gordon Hearn
It reminds me of the Lincrusta wallpaper used in the Winchester house in San Jose. Mrs. Winchester used only the best in her home, strange as it was. Tiffany glass, beautiful multi wood parquet floors, the tour is fascinating.
@@gordonhearn2193 Today it is more affordable. A century ago, just like newly introduced linoleum, it was quite costly and considered a luxury item. Many things we have so cheaply available today were long ago very expensive indulgences. It makes a person think of how far we have come over all the years. I do wish tour guides would elaborate just a little more on such things as so many of today's generation have no concept of such things.
Loved the tour of this beautiful home and the history too
It is time our postal service honored Margaret Brown for all the wonderful things she did in her life. She was a caring and energetic personality something you don't see very often today.
Lovely home!
We are the only Country in the World that thinks of tearing down such beautiful structures. Notice how many people flock to areas that are rich in history, Have a boulder that's over 2000 yrs old and has a history for some reason and people will visit it on vacation, but have a home like this and they want to put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell's song was spot on when she wrote it.
not the only country. homes in japan typical lose all value by 20 years (or thereabouts) . they are then demolished and new ones built.
tigergreg8 .
Civilizations have been tearing down buildings that no longer seem useful for millenia. Just look at how many abandoned castles there are in Europe. And the UK has torn down hundreds of old manor houses in the last century or so, to make way for entire streets of more modest homes.
Thank you for posting this video about the Molly Brown House. I use it as a tool to teach my grandkids about the lady who made her way home after the Titanic sank. My husbands family is also from Leadville Colorado.
When we vacationed in Denver 2 years ago I'm glad I got a chance to visit the Molly Brown Mansion. It was so surreal to be there and experience how she lived.
Excellent presentation.Thank You DenverPost.
I had an obsession with the movie "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" as a child.. knew every line, every dance (not that I could DO them), every character.. when most kids would go play after watching Denver The Last Dinosaur and Jem, I was singing "Belly Up to the Bar" at the top of my lungs.. to this day, when I wanna express my irritation with someone I shout, "DAMN YOU, MOLLY BROWN! ..Molly Brown! ... molly brown..!" echo and all... and I still cry when ol Johnny pushes back the door with that stupid narrow face of his all full of tears at the end... my secret dream is to recreate my favorite dresses from the movie and wear them around the house while I do mundane chores.. well I... guess it's not so secret anymore..
still gonna do it tho
I say,,,,GO FOR IT!!!
Make your dresses & have fun !
Nothing wrong in being creative.
I love to make doll houses & the little people for the houses. (With lighting )
I made a working 'movie theater' ,
of course the 'theater screen' was a DVD player. You make 'ground' & the little cars are on it, like the old drive in movies.
There's a snack bar building. You have to slip out the DVD player & put the disk in, turn it on then slip it back under the ground & you just see the screen.
I've made a pretty penny from selling them from time to time. Does that make me crazy? If so, it also makes me very happy.
FINALLY! lolol Someone mentions the whole reason I even came to watch this video! :-) JUST watched the movie last month, ONLY 50 years since the very first time! :-) Those dresses!!!! And, just Debbie Reynolds ... so perfect, such a voice, SUCH an entertainer!
I've never seen the old movie and your description makes me want to! ☺️
honey go for it! Our life is our imagination
@@christyg2977 you really should! It'll grab you at the very beginning and it won't let go until you're bawling at the end 😂❤️
I visited the house when I was staying at the Brown Palace Hotel a few years ago. It was only a few blocks away so it was an easy walk. Interestingly enough, Molly had a habit of staying at the Brown Palace itself. It was the center of high society Denver during her time so it makes sense.
I have been here and personal experience I took a picture with my iPhone 4 of the mirror at the other end of the hallway and I prayed before I went in to capture something and as I went to lunch after the museum I looked at the picture and there molly brown and two other non make out anomaly were in the mirror in the picture Molly was dressed in a navy blue velvet dress with a white underskirt curly brown hair and a hat put to the side with a white boa feather I was stunned and I prayed and said thank you this house is truly amazing
Such a beautiful house,so happy they saved it
Nice homely house , would love to visit but a bit far away from Essex UK -- ( looks a bit like Norman Bates house ! 😨
The same fate was about to happen to Madame C. J. Walker's home, until IT was saved in 1976. I'll assume by this same organization.
william alderman so glad they saved her home. she was a icon of this nation.
Never heard of her
@@skyelark155 Watch "Self Made" on Netflix. It's about her life. She was an amazing lady!!!
Interesting story and an even more interesting house. I have driven by there thousands of times over the years and never realized how much history was attached to that house. Thanks for a great video
Why history is important. This was great!
A lot of married ciuples back tjen had their own bedrooms. House is beautiful.
I truly don’t understand why people find having two separate bedrooms so unusual!
If you want to be together, just pick a room! But no two people sleep alike. Room temperature etc. etc. Therefore I think we should all be able to rest, in what is comfortable for us!
Electric and a bathroom back in the 1800’s that truly is very luxurious for it’s time
MOLLY BROWN was a great American and remains a famous Woman, enhanced by that Titanic Tragedy. Her HOME is worthy of such preservation to be ever Remembered!
We visited this beautiful historical home in 2014. If you’re ever in Denver don’t miss this tour! So interesting!