Wheeler–Stallard House

Colorado, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Admission: Ticketed

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Located on West Bleeker Street in Aspen, Colorado, the Wheeler–Stallard House is a brick Queen Anne structure completed in 1888 by Jerome B. Wheeler, an early silver-mining investor during Aspen's boom years. Wheeler and his wealthy tenants occupied the house only briefly before the Colorado Silver Boom collapsed in 1893, leaving it vacant for a decade until the Stallard family claimed it as their home during Aspen's economically depressed early twentieth century. After World War II, developer Walter Paepcke acquired the property as part of his efforts to transform Aspen into a cultural and ski resort destination, though he never resided there himself. The house later sheltered Alvin C. Eurich during his presidency of the Aspen Institute. Twice renovated in the twentieth century, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and has served as the headquarters and partial historic house museum of the Aspen Historical Society since the late 1960s.