Exposition
Avenue, Colorado Boulevard, Tennessee Avenue and Steele
Street border the Belcaro neighborhood, just south of Cherry
Creek. Large lot sizes and variety abound in this exclusive
neighborhood. Five acres within this region are home to
the grand historic Phipps House at 3400 Belcaro Dr. Lawrence
C. Phipps, treasurer of Carnegie Steel and U.S. Senator,
built this spacious 33,123-square-foot, 54-room red brick
Georgian mansion. Called "Belcaro" by Phipps
(Italian for "beautiful dear one"), the mansion
was donated to the University of Denver in 1964 and now
serves as a museum and conference center.
Belcaro has been a popular neighborhood for developers
to scrape older homes and replace with brand new homes.
The large lot sizes allow developers to build some high
end homes with more square footage than other surrounding
neighborhoods.
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