Pearce-McAllister Cottage
Encyclopedia
The Pearce-McAllister Cottage is a historic house museum in the City Park West
neighborhood of northeast Denver, Colorado
, USA. It is administered by History Colorado
(the Colorado Historical Society).
The cottage was built in 1899 in the Dutch Colonial Revival style. The Denver-based architect Frederick Sterner
built the house for Harold V. Pearce and his wife, Cara Rowena Bell Pearce. The second owners, the McAllisters, remodeled the interior in the 1920s and this is how the cottage is now presented.
The Pearce-McAllister Cottage houses the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
. The collection includes more than 10,000 objects from 1680 onwards.
The house was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places
in 1972.
City Park West, Denver
City Park West is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is in the area known as East Denver, or the "East Side". According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 4,120 and there were 2,734 housing units...
neighborhood of northeast Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, USA. It is administered by History Colorado
History Colorado
History Colorado, also known as the Colorado Historical Society , is a group dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the state of Colorado in the USA.- Overview :...
(the Colorado Historical Society).
The cottage was built in 1899 in the Dutch Colonial Revival style. The Denver-based architect Frederick Sterner
Frederick Sterner
Frederick Sterner was a British born American architect.Born in London, Sterner moved to the United States with his father Julius. He worked as a draftsman with the Chicago architect Frank E. Edbrooke and had a twenty-year career in Colorado...
built the house for Harold V. Pearce and his wife, Cara Rowena Bell Pearce. The second owners, the McAllisters, remodeled the interior in the 1920s and this is how the cottage is now presented.
The Pearce-McAllister Cottage houses the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
The Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys is housed in the Pearce-McAllister Cottage, a historic house museum in Denver, Colorado, USA, administered by History Colorado....
. The collection includes more than 10,000 objects from 1680 onwards.
The house was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1972.
External links
- Pearce-McAllister Cottage information from History Colorado
- Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys