Denver Gas & Electric Building (Denver, Colorado)

 office building, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

Historic office building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1910
Architect: Harry W.J. Edbrooke (Denver, CO)
Architectural style: Sullivanesque
Areas of significance: Architecture; Industry
Area: less than 1 acre
Stories: 10
Also known as: Public Service Building; Insurance Exchange Building
Date added to NRHP: 7/20/1978
Other designations: part of the Downtown Denver Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This somewhat fanciful structure, considered by many to be Denver’s grandest illuminated building, is distinguished by its terra cotta cladding and the 13,000 electric light bulbs that form geometric patterns around and between the primarily double hung windows.