Peterson House

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Edited by David Barth 1 April 2014. Surface photos by David Barth.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House.

Peterson House, courtesy Google Earth.

The Peterson House was originally located in the Bear Creek Valley at what is now near S. Estes Street, south of Yale Avenue. It is often called the Streer-Peterson House.

It was built from 1872 to 1885 by Levi and Eunice Debrust. The house, an L-shaped, two-story ballooned frame with a front gabled roof, is of Gothic Revival architecture.

The Streer family lived in the house from 1918 to 1921 and operated the Morrison Farm Dairy. The Peterson family owned the house from 1939 to 1975 and operated the Lakewood Farm Dairy. Although they held title to the land on which the house was located, the Peterson family never occupied the house. Two additions were made in the 20th Century.

The house sat empty for many years. When it was threatened by the Mount Carbon Dam Project, the Army Corps of Engineers purchased the house in 1975. When the house was scheduled for demolition in 1986, the City of Lakewood purchased it and moved it to its current location at 797 S. Wadsworth Boulevard in Belmar Village in the Lakewood Heritage Center. Although the approximate location of the house is where 801 S. Yarrow Street would be if it ran through the Heritage Center, for fire district purposes, the address is 7840 W. Ohio Avenue.

The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, as being representative of the farming and dairy history of the Bear Creek area.

Courtesy jeffco.us/placenames:
Under "Peterson House": "It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (5JF226) on September 10, 1981."
Under "Streer/Peterson House": "Built in 1880, this two-story, cross gabled frame house with its gingerbread-style cornice was originally constructed in Bear Creek Valley. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was known as Avondale Farm, the Cycler Farm, the Morrison Farm Dairy, and the Kendalvue Balanced Farm. Arthur and Edna Peterson purchased the property in 1940 and farmed it until it was acquired by the Bear Creek Lake Project in 1974. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1981. It was moved to Belmar Park, now Lakewood Heritage Center, in 1986."

LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY SITES

NUMBER
KEY IDENTIFICATION ADDRESS YEAR
BUILT REGISTRY

1 Cason Howell House 1575 Kipling Street 1874 State Registry

2 Washington Heights School 6375 West First Street 1889 State Registry

3 Stone House 2900 South Estes Street 1886 National Registry

4 Peterson House 801 South Yarrow 1880 National Registry

5 Davies Chuck Wagon Diner 9495 West Colfax Avenue 1957 National Registry

6 Schupp House 1275 Ames Street 1908

7 Ward House 2261 Estes Street 1928

8 WWII Memorial Monument 7655 West 10th Street 1947

9 Golden Hill Cemetery - Hill 12000 West Colfax Avenue 1908 National Registry

10 Mercy Grove House 1980 Garland Street 1935

11 Cline House 7020 West 13th Street 1939

12 Rose Cottage 1800 Dover Street 1918

13 Panoramic Park 12655 West Colfax Avenue 1961

14 Addenbrooke Fireplace 9100 West Center Avenue 1953

15 Isaac Solomon Synagogue 1600 Pierce Street 1904

16 Schnell Farm 3113 South Wadsworth Boulevard 1888 National Registry

17 O'Kane House 6795 West First Street 1897

18 Kellogg House 2080 Klein Street 1888

19 Everett Farm 300 South Garrison Street 1922

20 Denver & Intermountain Car 25 500 Kipling Street (Federal Center) 1911 State Registry

21 Mile High Church 9079 West Alameda Avenue 1973

22 Heavenly Paradise House 975 Reed Street 1952

A Building 710 (Federal Center) 10000 West Alameda Avenue 1960 National Registry

B FEMA Building 10000 West Alameda Avenue 1969 National Registry

C JCRS Historic District 1900 Pierce Street 1900 National Registry

D Bonfil-Stanton Outbuildings 797 South Wadsworth Boulevard 1920 State Registry

E Country Club Garden Apartments 1160 Pierce Street 1962 State Registry