Denver ends 2022 with a handful of more city landmarks than it started the year with.

Four buildings were given landmark status in 2022, in the Cap Hill, Northeast Park Hill, Globeville and Golden Triangle neighborhoods.

Landmark status is intended to recognize and preserve properties of historical, architectural, geographical and cultural importance to the city. And the status effectively prevents a building from being demolished.

All four of the structures received landmark status after the property owner applied for it. The Denver City Council did consider one owner-opposed landmark application this year, for a late architect’s home in Cherry Creek, but they rejected it.

Below is information on the city’s newest landmarks:

555 E. Eighth Ave., Cap Hill: This home is known as the Hart-McCourt House and dates to 1898.

The Denver City Council named the property a landmark earlier this year at the same time it was rezoned to allow for residential use. It was previously zoned for office use.

Built in Classic Revival style, the structure was previously home to prominent Denverites of their time, including Charles Hart, a doctor, and Emma McCourt, a businesswoman and notable socialite.

3435 Albion St., Northeast Park Hill: This home was named a landmark in April.

The structure across from the former Park Hill Golf Course dates to 1889, and is known as the Robinson house, after original owner Jay Robinson.

After being eyed for demolition, it was purchased in 2021 by Steven Davis, who is keeping the structure and building on the land north of it.

Cadillac Lofts, 1090 Cherokee St., Golden Triangle: Cadillac Lofts was named a landmark in August.

The structure was determined to be significant for its role as a support facility to nearby Automobile Row beginning in the 1920s, and for its reuse as the first new residential building in the redevelopment of Golden Triangle in the 1980s. Fisher & Fisher, a prominent Denver architecture firm, designed it.

Livestock Exchange, 4701 N. Marion St., Globeville: The Livestock Exchange building was named a landmark in November.

The office building is located on the National Western Center campus, and was purchased in 2020 by two Denver-based real estate firms, EXDO Development and Elevation Development Group, along with two nonprofit organizations, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and the National Western Center Authority.

The building is made up of three wings, erected between 1898 and 1919. From 1906 to 1962, the building was home to the Denver Livestock Exchange, a nonprofit that oversaw livestock sales at the adjacent stockyards.

The building’s interior is undergoing renovations.

— Thomas Gounley, BusinessDen