Introduction
Jules Jacques Benois Benedict (April 22, 1879 – 1948) was one of the most prominent architects in Colorado history, whose works include a number of well-known landmarks and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Biography
Commonly known as Jacques Benedict, he was born in Chicago in 1879, and he studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts. He came to Denver in 1909, and became renowned for his many prominent works including homes, churches, academic and public buildings, spanning a range of architectural styles and with a particular gift for melding with natural landscapes. Benedict married June Louise Brown in Denver on February 20, 1912, and was hired to be the architect of the Denver archdiocese of the Catholic Church, becoming a respected authority on sacred architecture. The architect has been described by his biographer Doris Hulse, as "talented, cultured, eccentric, flamboyant, practical, difficult, opinionated, generous, temperamental, considerate, gentleman farmer, man-about-town", and a number of his works are widely known today.
Portfolio of Notable Works
Denver
- Brown-Garrey-Congdon House
- Craig House
- Cranmer House, 200 Cherry Street, NRHP-listed
- Richard Crawford Campbell House, 909 York Street, NRHP-listed
- Flatiron Building (1923), 1669 Broadway, demolished to make way for the RTD bus terminal at 16th and Broadway.
- Highland Park, roughly bounded by Highland Park Place, Federal Boulevard, and Fairview Place, NRHP-listed
- Kerr House, 1900 East 7th Avenue Parkway, NRHP-listed
- Kistler-Rodriguez House, 700 East 9th Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Kohn House, 770 High Street, NRHP-listed
- St. Thomas Theological Seminary (1926–31), now St. John Vianney Theological Seminary , National Register of Historic Places
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- Chapel
- Tihen Tower
- Sullivan House
- Washington Park Boat House (1913), National Register of Historic Places
- Weckbaugh House (1930-1933, 1701 East Cedar Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Woodbury Branch Library (1912), National Register of Historic Places
Littleton
- Carmelite Convent, Littleton, Colorado
- Carnegie Library, Littleton, Colorado
- First Presbyterian Church, Littleton, Colorado
- Littleton Town Hall (1920), now known as Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 West Main Street, Littleton, Colorado, NRHP-listed
Elsewhere
- Bergen Park (pavilion, 1915), CO 74 south of I-40, Evergreen, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Chief Hosa Lodge (1918, Genesee, Colorado area), National Register of Historic Places
- Echo Lake Park, along CO 103 and CO 5 southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Herman Coors House (1917 remodel), 1817 Arapahoe Street, Golden, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Daniels Park, along Douglas County Road 67, northeast of Sedalia, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Denison Laboratory Building, University of Colorado campus
- Fillius Park (picnic shelter, 1918), CO 74 northwest of Evergreen, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Highlands Ranch Headquarters (remodel, 1932)
- Keys on the Green (1925), Evergreen, Colorado
- Little Park (shelter, 1917), Miller Lane (CO 74) southwest of Idledale, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Littleton Town Hall (1920), now known as Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 West Main Street, NRHP-listed
- Pine Valley Lodge (1927, Pine, Colorado area)
- Ponderosa Lodge, 6145 Shoup Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Rosedale (1920), Evergreen, Colorado
- St. Catherine's Chapel at St. Malo
- Starbuck Park (well house, 1923), CO 74 through Bear Creek Canyon, south of Idledale, Colorado, NRHP-listed
- Steinhauer Field House (1937) at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
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- also designed Colorado School of Mines emblem
- Summer White House (1914, Mt. Falcon - never finished)
- Summit Lake Park, Mt. Evans Road, southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, NRHP-listed