Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp
Jefferson County
The property’s association with Denver’s Queen of Heaven Orphanage’s summer camp program began in 1909 and extended into the late 1960s, when the Denver orphanage was phased out and subsequently demolished in 1969.
Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp
Constructed between 1912 and 1914, a large stone house on the hilltop site houses a chapel and numerous sleeping rooms. It was designed by Mother Cabrini, founder of the orphanage, with the help of local builder Thomas Ekrom. The two stone barns, dating from the 1890s and utilized by the orphanage, are good local examples of late 19th century agricultural buildings.