Tour 1960s 'Space Age' Homes In Arapaho Hills Historic District

LITTLETON, CO – An open-house style walking tour of the space-age modernist homes built in the Arapaho Hills Historic District takes place this weekend in Littleton.

Denver Modernism Week presents "Adventures in Space" a peek into the homes built in the late 1950s and early 1960s to appeal to the rocket scientists and aerospace engineers working at the nearby Martin Company (today Lockheed Martin).

A neighborhood of custom homes, designed by Denver architect Bruce Sutherland and developer Clyde Mannon, was built into a hill in Littleton in the late 1950s. It's now on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the tour promoters, the vintage homes have design features from the era such as "post-and-beam architecture, large expanses of glass, natural materials, low-slope roofs and playful geometry."

The homes also make architectural references to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian House concepts - named after the USA and other modern influences of the 1950s and ’60s.

The tour takes place Saturday from 1 - 5 p.m. and costs $10.

Check-In at 5400 Mohawk Road

5400 Mohawk Road
Littleton, CO 80123

Image via Realtor.com

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