Five Points

Five Points is one of Denver, Colorado's oldest historic neighborhoods adjacent to the downtown central business district. The neighborhood is located in the area of Northeast Denver where the original downtown street grid meets the neighborhood street grid of the first Denver suburbs. Horse-drawn transit served this Denver neighborhood and the limited space to name the transit stops caused the area to be named Five Points. The Five Points transit stop culminated the names of the following streets: Washington Street, 27th Street, 26th Avenue and Welton Street. Five Points came to significant historical prominence from the 1860s through the 1950s. The neighborhood was home to Denver's aristocracy, housing mayors, governors, and prominent...