While these neighborhoods are fairly well known, I have to include them in my exploration. You’ll notice that these are true “tract” neighborhoods with only a handful of styles as opposed to Arapahoe Acres and Arapaho Hills where the majority of homes are unique.
For those of you who have never been (or even those who have), you must spend an hour on a sunny day winding your way through Bow Mar.
As with many rural areas post-WWII, large farms were converted into residential housing developments. Bow Mar is by far one of the most well done farm to subdivision conversions in the Denver Metro area. The town was created in 1958 after most of its 295 residences were already built. All of the homes are on at least one acre and were originally restricted to being only one level. The streets are wide and the mountain views incredible. Bow Mar also has its own private lake with a beach. Not all of the homes are/were mod, but there are some good examples of mid-century and contemporary modern homes in Bow Mar. Here are some photos to get you started, but you should really take your own tour of Bow Mar.
Woohoo, I have a new camera and the weather has been somewhat cooperative…
So, let’s get back to it!
Yes, you’ve seen this one before…but this may be the last time it looks like this, so I had to sneak one more photo.
Love, love, love this one!
Here are some shots of the views from this neighborhood:
And did I mention that this neighborhood has its own park and is also in walking distance to Crown Hill park? The best part is that there are also a grocery store, bowling alley, restaurant, pub and hardware store all in walking distance as well.
A home came on the market in the neighborhood I have highlighted in my last two posts.
My husband and I went to see it this weekend and the home definitely deserves its very own post.
This home was built in 1962 and has only had two owners. The second owners (who are now selling) purchased the home in 1981 and opted to keep the home original. There are outstanding original light fixtures among other things.
While we have an oversaturated housing market in the metro area, this home was on the market a mere 16 days before it went under contract. These homes certainly have a market all their own.
Enjoy!
That rectangular “hole” in the wall is an indoor gas grill with a hood that vents to the outside.
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(This home was recently updated and they kept a lot of the great original details including built-ins and the original bath fixtures)
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To be continued…