Month of Printmaking Historic Tour – Burr House
George Elbert Burr is considered one of the finest of the early 20th-century American printmakers and is best known for his copperplate etchings of the desert and mountain regions of Arizona and Colorado. Burr’s prints are displayed in a number of prominent collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.
In 1906, he moved to Denver, Colorado. In 1910, he built a brick house and studio at 1325 Logan Street in Denver, which was purchased by the Denver Woman’s Press Club (DWPC) in 1924.
The DWPC is still going strong and invites you to visit this historic building to see where Burr lived and worked. Tour the space, see photos of his printing studio, attend our presentations (listed below), and view 19 of his original paintings and etchings, still owned by the club.
March 14 & 15, 10 am – 4 pm
Learn more about George Elbert Burr’s life and artwork from dynamic local art historian Deborah Wadsworth.
Free and open to the public.
A BRIEF HISTORY
Burr moved to Denver for his health and built this house as a combination studio and home. He lived here with his wife until he sold it to the DWPC. The Club purchased the house for $9,000, raising funds through a series of pageants, social activities, and society balls. Inside the house, a large library of member-authored books, historical photos, and artifacts tells the story of the club’s colorful past over the last century.
The home has been restored over the years through grants from the Colorado State Historical Fund, the El Pomar, and Kenneth Kendal King foundations, and with contributions from DWPC members.
In 1968, the house was designated a Denver landmark and was placed in the State and National Register of Historic Properties. In 1986 and in 1995, consideration was given to selling the land and moving the house, but club members determined to preserve the building on its original site, where it stands today as a small historic island in a sea of asphalt parking lots.
Date
- Mar 14 - 15 2026
- Expired!
Time
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
- 1325 Logan St., Denver, CO 80203