Historic Smith’s Chapel Offices and Studios is located two blocks from The Art District on Santa Fe within arm’s reach of the Golden Triangle, Auraria Campus, Denver Health Medical Complex, and Downtown Denver. Built in 1882 as a church to help attract residents to the surrounding neighborhood, the corner-located building has served West Denver for more than a century. Two floors are divided into eight private office/studio units that can be used jointly or separately and are finished with new, bright maple hardwood flooring, all-building daylight-balanced LED lighting and unimpeded window light from all directions. The ground level is an open floor-plan with polished concrete surrounded by a bank of wall-top windows and high, concrete-beamed ceilings. It also includes a commercial kitchen ready for tenant build-out. The main and lower floors are ADA accessible by ramp or platform lift and include compliant bathrooms, drinking fountains, passages, doorways, and hardware.
The exterior of the building preserves much of its original historic character, including rhyolite stonework, bell and bell tower, and metal-shingled steeple. The building’s character and its importance to Denver’s Westside is noted in both its successful applications to the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and its more recent Landmark Designation to the City of Denver. To learn more about the building and its history please see www.galapagocommercial/about for links to both the State Registry Application as well as the Denver Landmark Application.