2024-05-18T22:10:25-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150098575/posthumous-recognition-for-colorado-s-first-black-architect Nam Henderson 2018-12-02T17:26:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6e/6e2eb37c1f53e39446ffdea576aaba78.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Henderson House, 2600 N. Milwaukee St., reflects the architectural styling of the highly respected modern architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. John Henderson was very intentional in his nod to modernism, and specifically included a wall of large, plate glass windows on the southern fa&ccedil;ade &ndash; both to look out over the City Park Golf Course and to create a sense of horizontality that is so distinctively mid-century modern.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><br></p><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/eb/eb486f52f791927dc8fb70e9ea3a4f90.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/eb/eb486f52f791927dc8fb70e9ea3a4f90.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>View of the southern wing&rsquo;s western end | Image by Paul Brokering, 2018</figcaption></figure><p>&nbsp;This past Monday, Denver City Council designated the <em>Henderson House</em> as Denver's newest landmark! Read the original application <a href="https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/646/documents/landmark/designations/Proposed_Designations/2600_Milwaukee_Designation_App.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. To learn more, check out a 2007 profile (in <a href="http://urbanspectrum.net/jul07/writers/dbaf_awards.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Denver Urban Spectrum</a>) on the occasion of his winning the annual Denver Black Arts Festival, Louise Duncan award. Or back in 2009 the now defunct <a href="http://buckfifty.org/2008/11/12/the-buckfifty-manifesto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buckfifty</a> blog, a friend of John's offered some <a href="http://buckfifty.org/2009/05/31/denver%E2%80%99s-first-african-american-architect/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal reflections</a>.<br></p>