Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center (Denver, Colo.)
Biography
University of Denver. 3300 Belcaro Drive, Denver, Colorado 80209. Date built: 1932. Gross square feet: 52,388. The University of Denver sold the Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center in 2010."The Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center is situated on 5 1/2 acres of landscaped grounds in a residential location in southeast Denver and is comprised of the Phipps Mansion, the Phipps Tennis Pavilion, and Phipps Catering Services. The Center was built by Senator and Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps and today is utilized for Wedding Receptions, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Corporate and Service Organization Events, and University of Denver functions." (http://www.du.edu/phipps/index.html accessed 2/15/2010) "Architects Fisher and Fisher designed the Phipps home, called by their colleagues a Colorado masterpiece. The grounds were designed by Annette Hoyt Flanders. The mansion was built by Platt Rogers, Jr., brother of Mrs. Phipps. The Phipps Tennis Pavilion, today refurbished for meetings and receptions, was the first indoor tennis court built west of the Mississippi. Mrs. Phipps gave the tennis pavilion to the University of Denver in 1960 and, with the concurrence of her two sons, Gerald and Allen, the mansion in 1964. The Phipps home has been designated by the University as the Margaret Rogers Phipps House, the estate is known as the Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center." (http://www.du.edu/phipps/history.html accessed: 2/15/2010)
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, between 1975-1988
Exterior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, between 1975-1988
Exterior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1969
Interior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1978
Interior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1979
Interior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1982
Interior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Phipps Mansion-Tennis Pavilion, 1982
Interior view of University of Denver's Phipps in Denver, Colorado.