Phipps Mansion

{{Short description|Historic mansion in Denver, Colorado, U.S.}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Belcaro

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| image = Belcaro.JPG

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| location= 3400 Belcaro Dr., Denver, Colorado

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.70108|-104.94755|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-CO}}

| locmapin = Colorado

| built = {{Start date|1932}}

| architect = Fisher & Fisher

| builder = Platt Roger Construction Co.

| architecture = Classical Revival, Georgian

| added = February 10, 1975

| area = {{convert|9|acre}}

| refnum = 75000505{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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Belcaro (also commonly known as Phipps Mansion) is a historic mansion and private residence in Denver, Colorado, specifically in the southeast Belcaro, Denver neighborhood at the corner of Madison Street and Belcaro Drive.{{cite book |title=The mansions of Denver: the vintage years |last=Bretz |first=James |page=[https://archive.org/details/mansionsofdenver0000bret/page/106 106] |year=2005 |publisher=Pruett Publishing |isbn=978-0-87108-937-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mansionsofdenver0000bret/page/106 }} Built between 1931 and 1933,{{cite book |title=University Park and South Denver |last=Fisher |first=Steve |page=80 |year=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-6901-7 }} the {{convert|33000|sqft|m2|-2}} Georgian style Phipps Mansion consists of more than seventy rooms, two of which were imported from England. The facility is decorated in the Chippendale and Queen Anne styles and features European, American, and Asian art.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528110738/http://www.du.edu/phipps/index.html Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center home page], Archived from the original on May 28, 2010

Lawrence Cowle Phipps commissioned the mansion with his third wife, Margaret Rogers (daughter of Denver mayor Judge Rogers), hoping to provide jobs during the Great Depression.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100620230855/http://www.du.edu/phipps/history.html Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center history], Archived from the original on June 20, 2010 They called the residence Belcaro, which is Italian for "dear one". The neighborhood surrounding the mansion was developed by Phipps' Belcaro Realty and Investment Company and is called Belcaro.[http://leonardleonard.com/belcaro/index.shtml Belcaro history], Leonard, Leonard & Associates