Set to open at the end of 2023, Urban Cowboy Denver realizes a long-held dream for Jersey Banks, the Denverite cofounder of Urban Cowboy Hotels. Alongside the brand’s other cofounder, Lyon Porter, who also leads design studio Cowboy Creative, the group launched properties in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Nashville; and New York’s Catskills region before heading out west.
Cowboy Creative and developer GBX Group worked with Historic Denver to conserve architectural details in an opulent, Gilded Age mansion in Capitol Hill designed in the 1880s by Denver architect Frank Edbrooke for hat tycoon-turned-politician George Schleier. Retained features include the Queen Anne-style façade, the original staircase with carvings of gargoyles, an onion-shaped cupola, handcarved coffered ceilings, and tiled fireplaces.
