City and County Building

Built in 1932, this neoclassical Revival building houses city and county offices an courtrooms.

In Short
It's best known for its Christmas lights, which decorate the building every winter. The tradition began in 1935 and has continued annually. The holiday lighting ceremony has...

Posted by by Contributor at Citysearch on October 24, 2006. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Ugh...the holiday lights are SO ugly

Average Rating

60

I'll admit up-front that I don't really think nativity scenes belong on the front steps of Denver's main city offices...but I gave up on that battle long ago. (However, I find it interesting that whenever anyone suggests removing the nativity, all the churches get all...

Posted by HowdyColo on February 23, 2018. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Christmas lights

Average Rating

100

This was my first trip to downtown Denver and I was driving around to find some Christmas lights. To tell you the truth I wasn’t even sure what building it was at first but I loved the Christmas lights. And they even have the word...

Posted by Ed B on November 28, 2017. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Pretend you're in Gotham

Average Rating

100

This building is amazing and from the outside makes you feel like you are on the set of one of the Batman movies from the 90s. It's equally as cool on the inside. Everyone working there was really nice and accommodating. Worth the stop.

Posted by buckeyegirl2005 on June 27, 2017. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Interesting

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100

Beautiful building. Free to get in and free tour. Very interesting, one bit of warning if you want to go walk up to the dome it is a 96 step stairs to it.

Posted by carolyn123634 on June 22, 2017. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Historical building

Average Rating

80

Great place to check out as long as you are not there for a court appearance..haha. A very interesting Denver landmark.

Posted by cofloater on January 31, 2017. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

During December and through the National Western Stock Show, this building, built in 1932, boasts one of the country's finest and largest illumination displays. More than five miles of electrical wire suspend over 20,000 lights over the building's facade. The opulent building, along with numerous boulevards and parks, including Civic Center Park, added to Mayor Robert Speer's City Beautiful...

Posted on February 22, 2008. Brought to you by cityseekr.