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Front view of Cableland near the entrance by at the intersection of Shangri La Drive and Leetsdale Drive. Cableland front entrance from gate. (38633657502).jpg
Front view of Cableland near the entrance by at the intersection of Shangri La Drive and Leetsdale Drive.

Cableland is the official residence of the Mayor of Denver, Colorado. To date, no Denver mayor has ever lived in the mansion. It is made available for use to certain non-profit organizations for special events and fundraising purposes. [1]

It was donated, along with a $4 million endowment, to the City and County of Denver by cable television mogul Bill Daniels in 1998. He died in 2000. [2]

The mansion originally had many unusual features such as a fire pole down the center of a spiral staircase leading to the master bedroom, elephant sculptures, and a pink piano. In 2012, the mansion received a major remodel to modernize the decor. [3]

The mansion was built on land subdivided from the original grounds of the Shangri-La mansion built by Harry E. Huffman in 1937. [4]

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References

  1. Cableland Home Foundation (2009). "Event Guidelines" (PDF). City of Denver. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-07.
  2. Frosch, Dan (12 June 2010). "Denver Aims to Sell Home Too Odd to Be the Mayor's". The New York Times .
  3. Migration. "Cableland gets a makeover to be a better place to entertain". The Denver Post . Archived from the original on 2012-10-29.
  4. Bretz, James (2005). Mansions of Denver: The Vintage Years 1870-1938. Pruett Publishing. p. 190. ISBN   9780871089373.

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