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Photo, Print, Drawing Arapahoe Acres, Generally bounded to the north by East Bates Avenue, to the south by East Dartmouth Avenue, to the west by South Marion Street, and to the east by South Franklin Street, Englewood, Arapahoe County, CO

[ Data Pages from Survey HALS CO-15  ]

About this Item

Title

  • Arapahoe Acres, Generally bounded to the north by East Bates Avenue, to the south by East Dartmouth Avenue, to the west by South Marion Street, and to the east by South Franklin Street, Englewood, Arapahoe County, CO

Names

  • Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
  • Sternberg, Eugene
  • Hawkins, Edward B
  • Federal Housing Administration
  • Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
  • National Housing Act
  • Revere Quality House Program
  • Dion, Joseph G
  • Mannon, Clyde
  • Stanley, Yoshimura
  • Tomasso, Diane Wray
  • Stevens, Christopher M., transmitter
  • Weller, Lesanne Dominguez, historian
  • Cornelisse, Pamela, historian
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 2000

Headings

  • -  Modern architectural elements
  • -  housing
  • -  housing developments
  • -  housing
  • -  suburban life
  • -  suburbanization
  • -  domestic life
  • -  curvilinear paths
  • -  International Style architectural elements
  • -  driveways
  • -  residential streets
  • -  lawns
  • -  trees
  • -  views
  • -  Colorado--Arapahoe County--Englewood

Latitude / Longitude

  • 39.66226,-104.97062

Notes

  • -  2016 HALS Challenge Entry: Documenting National Register Listed Landscapes
  • -  Significance: Arapahoe Acres is a well-preserved example of post-World War II suburban residential planning and site design. Typical suburban neighborhoods of the time were designed with linear streets, easily replicated home designs, and were assumed (by many designers and design critics, at least) to be soulless due to their repetitive and uniform design. Arapahoe Acres, however, embraced the modern ideals of suburban planning and architectural styles of the mid-century era. The distinctive neighborhood boasted curvilinear streets that responded to the natural topography of the site, no back alleys, and architecturally modern homes with unique floorplans that allowed each home to respond directly to the individual lots. While there were a handful of people who contributed to the final design of the neighborhood, two of the most important men are Eugene Sternberg and Edward B. Hawkins. Sternberg, a successful and influential architect and planner in the latter half of the twentieth century, was responsible for the site design and the first twenty floorplans built. Arapahoe Acres was one of the first neighborhood site plans that he designed in Denver. It is one of the few that remain, almost completely as constructed, more than half a century later. Hawkins, a developer devoted to the design of modern homes, saw this project through from beginning to end almost a decade of his life never compromising his vision for a truly modern neighborhood. This neighborhood is listed as a National Register Historic District.
  • -  Survey number: HALS CO-15
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Construction
  • -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98001249

Medium

  • Data Page(s): 17

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HALS CO-15

Source Collection

  • Historic American Landscapes Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

  • co1012

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, Creator, Eugene Sternberg, Edward B Hawkins, Federal Housing Administration, Servicemen'S Readjustment Act Of 1944, National Housing Act, Revere Quality House Program, et al. Arapahoe Acres, Generally bounded to the north by East Bates Avenue, to the south by East Dartmouth Avenue, to the west by South Marion Street, and to the east by South Franklin Street, Englewood, Arapahoe County, CO. Englewood Arapahoe County Colorado, 2000. translateds by Stevens, Christopher M.Mitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/co1012/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, C., Sternberg, E., Hawkins, E. B., Federal Housing Administration, Servicemen'S Readjustment Act Of 1944, National Housing Act [...] Cornelisse, P. (2000) Arapahoe Acres, Generally bounded to the north by East Bates Avenue, to the south by East Dartmouth Avenue, to the west by South Marion Street, and to the east by South Franklin Street, Englewood, Arapahoe County, CO. Englewood Arapahoe County Colorado, 2000. Stevens, C. M. M. & McPartland, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/co1012/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, Creator, et al. Arapahoe Acres, Generally bounded to the north by East Bates Avenue, to the south by East Dartmouth Avenue, to the west by South Marion Street, and to the east by South Franklin Street, Englewood, Arapahoe County, CO. trans by Stevens, Christopher M.Mitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/co1012/>.