Banks and business blocks in Denver
This tour visits the commercial core, with banks, business blocks, stores and exchange buildings. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
10 stops, 1.6 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company Building1080 Delaware St.Building · listed 1999start
- 2Lewis, A. T., and Son Department Store800--816 Sixteenth St.Building · listed 19940.8 mi from stop 1
- 3First National Bank Building818 17th St.Building · built 1911 · listed 1996486 ft from stop 2
- 4Us National Bank817 17th St.Building · listed 1994178 ft from stop 3
- 5Colorado National Bank Building918 17th St.Building · listed 2010420 ft from stop 4
- 6Railway Exchange Addition and Railway Exchange New Building1715 Champa St. and 909 17th St.Building · listed 1997259 ft from stop 5
- 7U.S. Post Office and Federal Building18th and Stout Sts.Building · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 6
- 8U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building1929-1961 Stout St.Building · listed 2016426 ft from stop 7
- 9S. A. Grimm Block2031--2033 Curtis St.Building · listed 1992280 ft from stop 8
- 10George Hamburger Block2199 ArapahoeBuilding · listed 19900.2 mi from stop 9
1.6 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/co/denver/function-commerce/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Denver
- Queen Anne houses in Denver10 stops · 2.0 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. The Denver examples on this route went up between 1889 and 1892.
- Houses and mansions in Denver15 stops · 1.6 milesThe route links houses built between 1890 and 1908. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Churches and temples in Denver10 stops · 2.0 milesThe route links churches built between 1876 and 1921. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.