Picture the newspapers dubbing her the Unsinkable Molly Brown after she survived the RMS Titanic's sinking on April 15, 1912 — this was her Denver home. Margaret Tobin Brown was born in Hannibal, Missouri in 1867 and came to Colorado in the early 1880s seeking opportunity. She married James Joseph Brown in Leadville, and when his mining methods yielded a major gold strike in 1893, the Browns became wealthy and moved to Denver, purchasing this house in 1894.
Built in 1889 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style — rough-cut stone, round arches, a heavy authoritative presence — it sits in the Capitol Hill neighborhood where Denver's wealthy families built their mansions. When the Titanic sank, Brown helped manage passengers in her lifeboat, and newspaper coverage of her command presence on the rescue ship Carpathia made her a celebrity. She spent the rest of her life in philanthropic work, advocacy for labor rights and women's suffrage, and occasional forays into politics.
The house is now a museum with the interior carefully restored to its 1910s appearance.