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Metzger Farm
Westminster, Colorado
NR Reference Number: 13000077
Listed: 03/20/2013
12080 Lowell Blvd.
Summary:
The Metzger Farm, an intact complex of farmhouse, caretakers' house, barn, outbuildings, gardens, lakes, crop fields/pasture and equipment, is locally significant under National Register Criterion A in the area of Agriculture as an excellent example of a mid-twentieth century hobby farm. Additionally, it is locally significant under Criterion B in the area of Law and Politics/Government for its association with John Metzger, a prominent Denver lawyer, Colorado attorney general, political leader and entrepreneur. Finally, the farm is locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture for its good example of a Colonial Revival style farmhouse, its Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements style caretakers' house, and for the type, period and method of construction of its mid-century barn and various outbuildings.
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