National and State Register

Carter-Rice Building

Denver County

Carter-Rice and Company constructed this building in 1903 to house its paper distribution firm.

A front view of the building from across the street with some cars parked before it.

Carter-Rice Building

The building is one of the few remaining examples of Second Renaissance Revival architecture in Denver’s central business district.  It also typifies the small scale warehouse and commercial structures that dominated the lower downtown area after 1900.