The Park Hill neighborhood was developed in 1887 by the eccentric promoter Baron Allios Gillaume Engine von Winckler. In 1887, he platted Park Hill into a 32 acre tract which was soon the home of an Arabian Horse Race Track and Denver's first dog pound. When the Spanish-American War began in 1898, Baron von Winckler offered some of his land north of 26th Avenue and east of Colorado Boulvard as a camp for the Colorado National Guard. In 1898, he took his life.
In the spring of 1900, seven homes were offered for sale along Montview Boulvard at a cost of $5,000 each. There were no services, just tree-less wind swept prairie. The area soon grew to become an international community of 2,500 and included families from England, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy and African-Americans.

The predominant architecture designs in Park Hill include sturdy Craftsman Denver Squares or one-and-one-half story Craftsman Bungalows, Queen Anne, Four Square, French Eclectic, Italian Renaissance, Georgian Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor and Mediterranean Revivals.

Park Hill's nationally recognized neighborhood organization sponsors an annual tour of the many historic homes in this welcoming community.

THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: Neighborhood Glimpses