Five Points Apartments for Rent

The Five Points neighborhood is located in northeast Denver, adjacent to the downtown central business center. Originally the land was part of an 80-acre homestead claimed in 1865 and was one of the first developments built outside of Denver‘s original boundaries. The neighborhood was named when the Stout Street Herdic Coach needed something to call its stop at the intersections of Welton Street, Twenty-Seventh Street, Washington Street and East Twenty-Sixth Avenue. Residents were displeased with the name and “Welton Center” was proposed in place of Five Points, but it never caught on.

The area is home to Denver’s first public park, 2.44-acre Curtis Park, named after the early settler Samuel Curtis. During the 1870s the Five Points neighborhood had become one of Denver’s most fashionable and was home to local aristocracy, including mayors, governors and other prestigious business people. When Capital Hill became the more sought after area, many of the Five Point residents turned their homes into boarding houses, drawing in new groups including eastern European immigrants, African-Americans and Latinos.

Five Points has a long jazz history. Jazz greats like Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Miles Davis have all played at the historic landmark hotel, The Rossonian which was built in 1912. The Five Points neighborhood is rich with historic buildings, including the 1892 Burlington Hotel, the Delaney Carriage House building and the Kooper’s Hotel and Saloon.

The residential area is a mixture of new housing developments, historic Victorian homes and luxury lofts.

The Stiles African American Heritage Center, The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library and The Black American West Museum are ideal places to learn about the area’s extensive history.