An 1859 stagecoach-stop farmhouse and 12-acre working historic farm tucked into a residential stretch of Cherry Creek — Denver's oldest standing structure. 📍 715 S Forest St, Denver, CO 80246, USA
The Four Mile House was built in 1859 as a stop on the Cherry Creek stagecoach line, four miles from downtown Denver — hence the name — and it's still standing today as the oldest structure in the city, now anchoring a 12-acre living-history farm along the Cherry Creek bike path. The grounds include period gardens, farm animals, and rotating seasonal programming, giving it a genuinely different feel from Denver's more polished downtown museums. Because it sits inside a quiet residential neighborhood rather than a tourist district, most Denver visitors never hear about it, even though it's an easy stop for anyone already walking or biking the Cherry Creek trail. It's open Friday through Sunday, so it takes a bit of planning compared to a drop-in city park, but the small grounds make an hour more than enough time to see the house and farm both.
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