Home Building

71 Years Ago
The May 13, 1954 Colorado Transcript announced that a new subdivision had been approved by the Planning Commission. The area, between 21st and 22nd, Washington and Arapahoe, was tentatively called "Goldcrest."

*The plat that appeared in the 5/13/53* Transcript *(above) and the present-day Google map. Note that the original name of "Goldcrest Circle" evolved into "Washington Circle."*

The May 20th Transcript described the topography as "rugged, deep and meandering," but said it would "soon be dotted with new and attractive homes." The curve in Washington Avenue was designed "to reduce the grade and fit the contour."

Golden experienced a maelstrom of new home construction in the decades after World War II. A quick Transcript search for the word "subdivision" revealed many projects. You may recognize some of these names.

1944 Sunshine Park 30 acres 40 units will house 36 families the high level ground at the toe of NTM
1947 Martin Homes on Vernon Drive
1950 Bunzel
1952 Allen at the foot of Lookout mountain north of 19th
1952 Dennis subdivision
1953 Smith-Deffenbaugh (Lying above the present reservoirs at the foot of lookout mountain)
1954 Goldcrest by William Parfet, 17 sites between 20^th & 21^st, Arapahoe and Jackson
1954 Golden Park – addition 3^rd & Cheyenne
1955 Ernest Ramstetter in the area adjoining Lookout Mountain Rd near the Gateway. 40 homes.
1955 Foothills Homes – part of Smith-Deffenbaugh
1956 Plateau Heights – located at the foot of North Table Mountain in North Golden
1957 Mester subdivision – north of 5^th St., east of Washington and west of Jackson – south of Dennis heights
1958 Cliff Evans subdivision – 21^st-22^nd streets, Washington to Arapahoe
1958 Den-Wald – 2nd-5th streets, Ford and East

*Belvedere Terrace – Colorado Transcript, May 24, 1964*

1959 Belvedere Terrace – 17^th-21^st, east of East St
1959 Beverly Heights – 55 acres, formerly Deffenbaugh-Smith
1959 Carpenter-Pyle – 40 acre section east of 19^th and 20^th streets at the foot of Castle Rock
1959 Darling View Heights – 22 building sites north of the Bunzel addition at the east end of 24^th St.
1959 Gibson subdivision
1959 Golden View subdivision
1961 Rolling Knolls – 37 building sites on N. ford

*Southridge Homes – June 20, 1963 Colorado Transcript*

1961 Southridge – over 100 homesites along W. 16^th Ave.
1962 North Table Mountain (Peery)
1963 Golden Heights – 46 acre area just west of the fairgrounds and south of U.S. 6 – 164 sites in the area
1964 North Golden Edge – Streets will be named Wyoming and Virginia
1968 Golden Hills now part of Southridge