The Waring House, Denver, 1923, Jacques Benedict

Set on half an acre at the edge of Cheesman Park, with its own gate into the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Waring House was designed by Jacques Benedict in 1922 for Dr. James and Ruth Waring and completed the following year. It is a Denver landmark, Beaux Arts in plan and detail, and still wears its original green.

New owners asked Emerson Bailey to bring the house into the present without losing a century of character. We furnished the principal rooms with pieces drawn from the gallery, chosen to honour the proportions, millwork and light of a Benedict interior and to let a century old house feel current and lived in. In March 2018, 5280 magazine named it Hot Property, describing “a thoughtful renovation by Patrick Cashen Architect, Boa Construction, and interior designer Susan Weiss.”

Architecture: Patrick Cashen Architect. Construction: Boa Construction. Interiors: Emerson Bailey. Photography courtesy of LIV Sotheby’s International Realty.