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Homes for Sale in Baker
Denver's most intact Victorian neighborhood: century-old craftsmanship, South Broadway counterculture, and light rail to downtown.
- Median Price$597,798
- Walk Score84
- Zip80223
- School DistrictDenver
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Homes for sale in Baker
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About Baker
The story of Baker.
Baker is Old Denver, the real thing, and what makes it feel distinct today isn't just the housing stock. It's the combination: Victorian residential streets feeding into South Broadway's gritty-creative commercial corridor, light rail access at the northeastern edge, and a neighborhood identity that has stayed genuinely local even as interest in it has grown. The result is one of the most architecturally significant residential districts in Colorado.
More than 80% of what stands in Baker today was built before 1900, a residential fabric that's nearly unmatched in the city: block after block of Victorian Queen Anne homes, Denver Foursquares, and Craftsman bungalows that were built to last and have. National Register and city historic district designations are part of why it has stayed so intact; demolition pressure never fully won here the way it did closer to downtown. Walk almost any block and you're looking at the same houses that were standing when Denver was a frontier city finding its footing.
By the turn of the century the neighborhood was largely built out, a product of Denver's Victorian boom years, when cable cars on Broadway were pulling the city south as fast as builders could go. The name is a footnote: the neighborhood was called "South Side" for most of its history, and "Baker" — borrowed from a junior high school named for a university president who never lived here — didn't become official until the 1970s. But the name stuck.
Alameda Station, at the neighborhood's northeastern edge, serves multiple RTD light rail lines and connects to Union Station in roughly 10 to 15 minutes, while the South Platte River Trail along the western edge gives cyclists a car-free route with LoDo roughly 3 to 4 miles north.
Baker fits buyers who want intact Victorian housing with a genuinely local identity. The trade-off: street parking on the dense historic blocks near Broadway is consistently competitive, so the transit options are more than a nice-to-have.
Zip Codes
80223, 80204
Walk Score
84
Schools
Denver Public Schools
The Map
Where Baker sits.
The gold line is the official boundary — the area shaded at full strength is Baker.
Architecture & Inventory
What you'll find in Baker.
Baker has a distinct architectural character. Here's the mix of what comes to market.
01 ·
Victorian Queen Annes
The largest collection of Victorian Queen Anne homes in Denver: gingerbread trim, steep gables, turrets, and wraparound porches, including 39 confirmed buildings by preeminent designer William A. Lang.
02 ·
Denver Squares & Bungalows
Cubic brick Foursquares with full-width front porches, plus Craftsman bungalows in the southern and western blocks. Smaller footprints on the same historic streets.
03 ·
Infill Townhomes & Condos
Contemporary infill along the commercial corridors with modern floor plans, off-street parking, and lower-maintenance ownership than a century-old Victorian.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Living in Baker.
Dining & Coffee
South Broadway is Baker's commercial spine, and it earns its reputation. The anchor dining destination is MAKfam, a Chinese-American counter-service spot that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and produced a James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist; the signature wings have their own following. For coffee, Huckleberry Roasters operates at the north end of Baker: specialty coffee done seriously, with a community-focused feel that fits the neighborhood. MiddleState Coffee sits at Baker's western edge along the Santa Fe Arts District corridor, a roastery cafe that draws from the same orbit. La Chiva Colombian Cuisine on the Broadway corridor rounds out a dining scene that rewards walking.
Parks & Outdoor Recreation
Baker's internal park acreage is modest, and that's worth being upfront about. Dailey Park is the neighborhood's primary pocket park, with a space-themed playground and a genuine gathering point. What Baker does have, along its western edge, is direct access to the South Platte River Trail, a continuous greenbelt running north toward downtown and south through the river corridor. For cyclists and runners, it's a meaningful asset. Ruby Hill Park sits just to the south with a mountain bike skills park, a winter rail yard, and the Levitt Pavilion outdoor concert venue. Washington Park is roughly a mile to the southeast and is many residents' practical answer to the limited internal green space.
Schools & Families
The boundary elementary school for Baker is Lincoln Elementary, feeding into Grant Beacon Middle School and South High School. DPS operates on a SchoolChoice model, meaning boundary school enrollment isn't the only path, but it's the starting point. Buyers with school-age children should verify current enrollment zones directly with Denver Public Schools, as boundaries and program structures shift. The draws here are the housing stock, the South Platte access, and proximity to downtown without the density of Capitol Hill.
Shopping & Entertainment
Antique Row runs along South Broadway with nearly 100 individual dealers, one of the largest concentrations in the region. Black Tulip Antiques specializes in period European furnishings, Corky's Antiques has sold American furniture and paintings for decades, and Fahrenheit's Books Used & Rare handles the bibliophiles. It's idiosyncratic retail, curated by decades of individual ownership, and entirely Baker's own. For live music, Hi-dive is a longtime independent, musician-owned rock club, and the Skylark Lounge, co-owned by Nathaniel Rateliff, runs an intimate club room upstairs. Film runs at the Mayan Theater, an Art Deco Mayan Revival landmark with three screens and a full bar. Levitt Pavilion at Ruby Hill Park runs free outdoor concerts all summer, walkable from Baker's southern blocks.
Commute & Transportation
Baker sits well for commuters who use transit. Alameda Station, serving multiple RTD light rail lines, sits at the neighborhood's northeastern edge at Alameda and Broadway, connecting to Union Station in roughly 10 to 15 minutes. RTD bus routes 0, 3, 4, and 0L run through the district; the 0 and 0L travel the length of Broadway into downtown. For drivers, I-25 is accessible from the western side, a genuine asset for reaching the Denver Tech Center or downtown, though homes on the western blocks carry the corresponding freeway noise. The South Platte River Trail offers a car-free bike commute that puts LoDo roughly 3 to 4 miles north, a practical option in a neighborhood where street parking near Broadway is consistently competitive.
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- The median home price in Baker is approximately $597,798, with detached single family homes coming in higher, townhomes and condos coming in lower.
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