Cocktails in Cool Places: Welton Street

Join us as we travel to Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, where we’ll explore how zoning laws were used to segregate neighborhoods and ensure places like Five Points were kept as minority communities. Denver Public Library Special Collections Librarians, Brian Trembath and Katie Rudolph will explore this topic by looking at how Denver’s zoning laws evolved and how they impacted individual families and their ability to choose where they lived in Denver. From this presentation at the Blair Caldwell Library, we will walk down Welton Street to the location of the historic Douglass Mortuary, operated by the sons of noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass, this was an important business in the Five Points community from 1915 to 1944. Today it has been lovingly restored and is occupied by Urban Sanctuary, a black-owned yoga and wellness studio, offering classes to the community and offer access to classes through scholarships. Here, we’ll enjoy cocktails and light appetizers, while learning about the building and its current use.