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Perlmutter, Jordon

 Person

Biography

Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University of Denver for 15 years. He married Essie Lou Goldberg in 1953. Both Jordon and Essie grew up on Denver's west side and both served on many boards of directors.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Box 5, 1958-1997

 File — Box B401.02.0005: Series B401.02 [Barcode: U186023300291]
Identifier: B401.02.0005
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks and photobooks, clippings, newsletters, Perlmutter Enterprise information, certificates and proclamations, memorials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1958-1997

Box 12, 1964-1984

 File — Box B401.02.0012: Series B401.02 [Barcode: U186023300657]
Identifier: B401.02.0012
Abstract

Box contains two scrapbooks with clippings, advertisements, and correspondence. One scrapbook is from 1964-1968 and the other is from 1982-1984.

Dates: 1964-1984

Box 13: Scrapbooks, 1985-1988

 File — Box B424.02.0013: Series B401.02 [Barcode: U186023300673]
Identifier: B401.02.0013
Abstract

Box contains four files with scrapbook materials, primarily advertisements: 1. Jordan Perlmutter and Company, Murray Commercial (1985-1988). 2. JP Corporate (1986-1988). 3. JP, Bowles Crossing (1987-1988). 4. Murray Commercial (1988-1989).

Dates: 1985-1988

Box 15: Scrapbook, Clippings, Poster, 1948-1984

 File — Box B401.02.0015: Series B401.02 [Barcode: U186023300681]
Identifier: B401.02.0015
Abstract

Box contains two scrapbooks and loose pages with photographs, event materials, clippings, and business articles. There is also a folder with two posters, one of an enlargement of a page from West's "Rodeo" Athlete of the week article and a poster of the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest in Israel.

Dates: 1948-1984

Box 17

 File — Box B401.02.0017: Series B401.02 [Barcode: U186023300649]
Identifier: B401.02.0017
Abstract

Box contains photographs, proofs, and slides of construction sites and photographs of events.

Dates: 1986-2016

Jordon and Essie Perlmutter Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B401
Abstract Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University...
Dates: 1970-2016

Perlmutter and Bernstein Family Digitized Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: B347
Abstract Collection contains (16) digitized photographs of the Perlmutter and Bernstein family. Abe Perlmutter was born in Russia in 1893 and died in Denver on January 15, 1985. He came to the United States on his own when he was 15. At age 19 he became a journeyman mason in New York and saved enough money to bring his family to New York. He moved to Denver in 1911 and married Dora Turner in 1913. They had three daughters, Ann Radovsky, Dubby Bernstein, Ruth Morrison, and one son, Jordon Perlmutter....
Dates: 1910-1960

Series 1: Photographs and Images, c. 1920 - c. 1982

 Series
Identifier: B347.01
Abstract

This series contains item-level records for sixteen digitized photographs. Five of the images also have their verso scanned. Photographs contain images of Bernstein and Perlmutter families.

Dates: c. 1920 - c. 1982