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Arcstone’s headquarters is in the heart of historic Denver, in what is known as Lower Downtown, LoDo to the local population. In fact, Arcstone’s HQ is just yards away from the very spot where Denver was founded in 1858 at the intersection of what is now 15th and Larimer streets. While we thrive in Denver’s bustling business community, over half of our clients come from the East or West Coast, and several emanate from overseas.
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To find us, make your way to Lower Downtown and historic Larimer Square. We are located in the Wootten Building, a two-story stone structure erected in 1877. Our entry, 1416, is off the Square in what is known as the Kettle Arcade. Arcstone is at the top of the stairs, suite 203. Any time you are in the neighborhood, please drop in for a visit. We'd love to see you.
Denver’s founding moment actually came by default. The most attractive building site along Cherry Creek, at Auraria, already had been snatched up by gold prospectors from Georgia, who were happy to defend their claim with six-shooters blazing...
So William Larimer, a hard-nosed real estate speculator who’d developed a series of frontier settlements, instead put the heat on a fellow named Charlie Nichols. The unfortunate Nichols was the lone remnant of a group of Kansas gold-seekers who’d laid out a second town, St. Charles, around what is now 15th and Larimer streets, and then gone home.
“The folklore,” historian Bill Convery said, “tells us that Larimer made Nichols an offer he couldn’t refuse: ‘Join us, or we’ll take you down to the river and string you up.’”
He joined.
Thus, the birth of “Denver City,” named for territorial governor James W. Denver because the opportunistic Larimer believed it would gain him political favor. Little did he know that Denver recently had resigned from office.
Nonetheless, Larimer made a fortune “mining the miners” — building stores, selling tools and taking the occasional shot of whiskey with his grizzled customers in the fledgling town’s rough grog shops.
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