Avoca Lodge
Avoca Lodge is located in Colorado
Avoca Lodge
Avoca Lodge is located in the United States
Avoca Lodge
Location2690 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Denver, Colorado
Coordinates39°40′5″N 105°4′50″W / 39.66806°N 105.08056°W / 39.66806; -105.08056
Built1897
Architectural styleFoursquare
NRHP reference No.89002373[1]
CSRHP No.5DV.696
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1990

Avoca Lodge, known as The Molly Brown Summer House, is a Registered Historic Place in southwest Denver, Colorado near Bear Creek. The home served as a summer retreat for philanthropist, socialite, and activist Margaret Brown and her husband James Joseph Brown.[2] Brown was known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" because she survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is open to the public for rental and tours.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Iversen, Kristen (1999). Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth. Boulder: Johnson Books. pp. 110–112. ISBN 1555662374.