The Colorado Governor's Mansion in Denver. The building, also known as the Cheesman-Boettcher Mansion, was built in 1908 after a design by Denver architects Willis A. Marean and Albert J. Norton. The house was originally built as a residence for the widow and the daughter of Denver real estate tycoon Walter Scott Cheesman. Claude K. Boettcher purchased the mansion on February 23, 1923. Boettcher was the head of a financial empire that eventually included sugar, livestock, cement, potash, steel, securities, utilities, and transportation. Boettcher was famous for his lavish parties, which included President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. The house was inherited by the Boettcher Foundation. The foundation offered the house to the State of Colorado as an Executive Residence. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2015.