Doyle-Benton House
Denver County
The 1896 house is associated with James Doyle, an important mining figure in early 20th century Colorado. Doyle was a prospector and an original partner in the Portland Mining Company in Cripple Creek, Colorado’s most prolific and longest producing gold mine. Doyle purchased the house in 1898 and lived there with his family until 1904.
Doyle-Benton House
The house is also associated with Frank Benton, founder of the 60,000 acre Frank Benton Land and Livestock firm nears Burns, Colorado, which remained in business until the 1990s. He was active in the rancher movement opposed to fencing and he favored the leasing of public domain lands to cattle ranchers. The house is an early example of the American Foursquare residential form whose interior exhibits elements of the Art Nouveau style.