Danielle Kreutter is a multimedia journalist for Denver7 KMGH in Denver, Colorado.
DENVER — The large old mansions in the heart of downtown Denver hold more stories than we'll ever know, but behind the bricks of certain homes were hidden havens for those in the LGBTQ community.
The single bedroom apartments in Capitol Hill would become some of the few safe places for the queer community.Those homes included areas like modern day Poets Row on Sherman Street and one of the most visited homes in the city, The Molly Brown House. Leisenring rented out rooms to gay couples, all while preserving the home and eventually selling it to the then newly created non-profit Historic Denver.
"We're looking and cross referencing these documents in a way where they purposely were a little hidden before, but with kind of a new way of looking and doing research we can uncover those histories," said Alison Salutz, Director of Community Programs for Historic Denver."They create through their stories and their voices, and the act of memorialization, something which is greater than themselves, they create legacy by naming those important places," said Duffield.
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