Alamo Placita Park

Alamo Placita Park is a city park located in Denver, Colorado that is the namesake of the Alamo Placita, Denver neighborhood.

Alamo Placita Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Roughly bounded by Speer Blvd., First Ave., and Clarkson St., Denver, Colorado
Area	5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1927
Architect	DeBoer, S.R.
Architectural style	Moderne
MPS	Denver Park and Parkway System TR
NRHP reference No.	86002242[1]
Added to NRHP	September 17, 1986

The park was established in 1911 by condemnation of property owned by Denver mayor Robert W. Speer's Arlington Park Realty Company. Landscape architect and city planner Saco Reink DeBoer, hired by Speer in 1910, eventually designed the park, and landscape work began in 1927.[2]

The park is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Alamo Placita Park". Alamo Placita Neighbors Association. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

External links

• "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alamo Placita Park". National Park Service. Retrieved July 18, 2016. (map of park only) with four photos from 1986