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From YouTube: Englewood Moments in History: Arapahoe Acres
Description
Take the scenic route around Englewood and you’ll be taking a trip through time in Arapahoe Acres 🏡
In this week’s #TBT, we’ll throw it all the way back to the 1940s, when a young Englewood visionary began building a neighborhood that would carve out a place in the history books.
Thank you Englewood Historic Preservation Society 501c3 for your help!
A
124
homes
that
line
the
streets
between
East,
Dartmouth
and
East
Bates
Avenue
were
considered
art
by
many
of
the
original
owners
and
the
well
known
Englewood
enclaved
was
designated
the
first
post-world
war
ii
residential
subdivision
on
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places,
built
between
1948
and
1957.
The
unique
designs
in
the
neighborhood
were
heavily
influenced
by
the
work
of
celebrated
architect:
Frank
Lloyd
Wright.
His
talents
define
characteristics
of
the
International
and
Usonian
styles
of
architecture.
A
Wright's,
minimalist
vision
was
ushered
into
Englewood
by
Edwin
Hawkins,
a
graduate
at
East
High
School
in
Colorado
State
University,
who
spent
a
brief
stent
study
in
the
architects
designs
in
Chicago
in
1942,
Hawkins,
purchased
a
30
acre
plot
of
land
in
Englewood
and
began
to
build
homes
following
Wright's,
simplistic,
motif
structures
and
arapaho
acres,
closely:
mimic
Wright's
dedication
to
aligning
interior
design
without
door,
beauty.
The
stunning
neighborhood
boasts
butterfly
roofs
and
low
slung
horizontal
homes,
basements
and
attics
were
abandoned
in
favor
of
glass
walls
and
a
minimalist
style.