Avery and Charlotte Gallup were responsible for much of the lush development of housing in South Denver. Known for building and building greenhouses and subdivision with artisanal wells, it made South Denver an attractive place to live. Avery also built the Gallup- Stanbury Building (A Denver landmark in Larimer square). He had built a large house on twenty acres on the northeast corner of Broadway and Alameda. The Gallups lived in their “country house” on the land surrounded by gardens until their larger house was built. They planted rare trees, shrubs, and flowers to kept the lawn velvety. They essentially converted the grounds into a magnificent botanical garden modeled after the gardens Avery had seen during his travels to Europe. The Gallups were famous for their lavish parties and guests looked forward to each dazzling new floral arrangement that became the center of attention of each party.(1) Together, Avery and Charlotte developed much of Littleton.
Avery Gallup died in 1894 at the age of 47 and their beautiful mansion on South Broadway was torn down in 1909 and pieces were used to build Charlotte's new home in Littleton. (1)
Sources: (1) "The Spirits of South Broadway" Phil Goodstein
(2) https://www.littletongov.org/my-littleton/littleton-history/biographies/...
Image: Source: https://www.discoverdenver.co/sites/discoverdenver.co/files/document/pdf... Smiley, Jerome. 1901. History of Denver, p. 859
