Denver assessor records list the date of construction of 2215 York Street as 1916; no building permit could be found to confirm this date. The address first appears in Denver city directories in 1918, with George Hanks as the resident. George Hanks was a livestock broker, working with his brother Frank out of the Livestock Exchange Building at the Denver Union Stockyards. George Hanks was born in Iowa, and married Minnie Raichart in 1910. The couple lived at 2215 York street for eight years, before selling it in 1926 to Ober K. Woods and his wife Mary. Ober worked as an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. The couple divorced in 1931, and sold the house to Giuseppe Cordano.
