Built environment

Exterior view of the University of Denver alumni house in Denver, Colorado, Francis Van Derber, former president of Kappa Sigma, and Roudolph McDonough, Director of Alumni Relations, stand together on the yard. The gabled, multi-story house stands in the background with a car parked to its right. A large lawn and trees surround the house.

Exterior view of the construction of one of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. A construction worker wearing a hat and smoking a pipe uses a hammer on top of a cement wall. A second construction worker is also on top of the foundation. Mary Reed Building is in the background.

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Spruce Hall in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Half complete buildings sit on a dirt lot. A truck is parked on the street in the foreground. The Mary Reed building is visible in the background.

Aerial view of the University of Denver apartments under construction in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Taken from the roof of the Mary Reed building, multiple apartments are in various stages of being built. The surrounding neighborhood and Rocky Mountains are visible in the background.

Aerial view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, under construction circa 1950. Multiple buildings in differents states of construction are visible with tree-lined neighborhoods in the background. The buildings are surrounded by dirt lots, many used for parking. A few people are visible in the foreground.

Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; students on the sidewalk in front of the University of Denver Student Union as seen from the courtyard of two of the new apartment-dormitories.

Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950. The three story brick building is on the left of the image, the Student Union on the right. Students walk on sidewalks crisscrossing a grassy lawn.

Aerial view of two of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. The three story red brick buildings sit midground, with numerous trees and the Rocky Mountains in the background. A large grassy lawn, trees, sidewalks, and dirt road, and an outbuilding are visible in the foreground.

Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado; students walk down a sidewalk between Skyline Hall and the University of Denver Student Union in 1952.

Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado; students walk between an apartment building and the University of Denver Student Union.