National and State Register

Highland Park / Scottish Village Historic District

Denver County

The area known today as Scottish Village is significant as the last remaining fragment of Highland Park, planned and developed in 1874 by General William Jackson Palmer and Dr. William A. Bell, two of the most influential men in the early development and settlement of Colorado.

A row of houses with brightly colored trim and triangular roofs and stairs coming down to the sidewalk.

Highland Park / Scottish Village Historic District

Highland Park is one of only three known examples of 19th century picturesque community planning in the Front Range (the other two are Corona Park in South Pueblo and Colorado Springs’ Fifth Addition), associated with Palmer and Bell.  Only Denver’s Highland Park seems to be modeled after the last word in romantic suburbs, Chicago’s Riverside.  Building types include simple houses and cottages, duplexes and triplexes, multifamily housing, and commercial structures.

National Register

Address

Bounded by Zuni St., Dunkeld Pl., Clay St., & 32nd Ave. / Denver

Site Number

5DV.2101