Denver Gas & Electric Building

Denver, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Completed in 1910 and designed by Harry W. J. Edbrooke, the Denver Gas & Electric Building is a ten-story Chicago School office tower in downtown Denver that has served multiple tenants over its history, including the Denver Gas & Electric Company, as well as insurance and internet exchange operations. Its most distinctive feature is the elaborate decoration of its façade with approximately 13,000 electric light bulbs, a striking display that exemplifies the optimism surrounding electrical innovation in the early twentieth century. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.