The exterior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
The United Methodist Church is under contract to sell the former home of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Uptown.
UMC, which still owns the 114-year-old building, listed the property at 1615 N. Ogden St. for $1.39 million.
The asking price is roughly $127 per square foot for the nearly 11,000-square-foot, two-story building, which has a small parking lot next to it.
The church is situated at the corner of Ogden Street and 16th Avenue, and is surrounded by Victorian homes. The neoclassical building features stained glass windows and tall stone columns, and sits on about one-third of an acre. The building has a finished basement, commercial kitchen and office space on its upper floor.
“The church is a historic building, there’s original stained glass windows and the exterior is in impeccable condition,” said Michelle Glass, the real estate broker for the church.
Glass said the property went under contract recently, but declined to specify the expected buyer.
The interior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
The church is located in the Swallow Hill Historic District, which encompasses 69 buildings in Uptown.
St. Paul United Methodist Church, which was founded in Colorado in 1860, built the Ogden Street church in 1910, residing there for 106 years. In 2016, the church closed due to a dwindling congregation.
Al Strauss, a trustee with the Rocky Mountain Conference of the UMC, said St. Paul’s congregation was a remnant of what it once was, with about 20 members remaining when it closed. Those members, he said, joined other UMC congregations.
The property has not sat unoccupied for the past eight years. The building was home to nonprofits and is currently being used by another Methodist congregation, Belong Church. But Strauss said Belong is moving in with another UMC congregation.
“The building needs work,” Glass said. “The church did not want to invest in the building and decided to put it for sale.”
The interior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
Glass said the interior of the building would need significant work, especially if it were to be converted to another use beyond a church. Glass said renovating the interior could cost anywhere between $200,000 to a few million dollars depending on what the eventual buyers decide to do with the property. Glass said much of the building is original to when it was first built.
Glass said the UMC specifically wanted a buyer interested in historic restoration.
“There’s a huge market for people looking to do historic restoration in Denver, and there are buildings to do it in,” Glass said. “They’re good investments, and this church is too.”
The exterior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
The United Methodist Church is under contract to sell the former home of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Uptown.
UMC, which still owns the 114-year-old building, listed the property at 1615 N. Ogden St. for $1.39 million.
The asking price is roughly $127 per square foot for the nearly 11,000-square-foot, two-story building, which has a small parking lot next to it.
The church is situated at the corner of Ogden Street and 16th Avenue, and is surrounded by Victorian homes. The neoclassical building features stained glass windows and tall stone columns, and sits on about one-third of an acre. The building has a finished basement, commercial kitchen and office space on its upper floor.
“The church is a historic building, there’s original stained glass windows and the exterior is in impeccable condition,” said Michelle Glass, the real estate broker for the church.
Glass said the property went under contract recently, but declined to specify the expected buyer.
The interior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
The church is located in the Swallow Hill Historic District, which encompasses 69 buildings in Uptown.
St. Paul United Methodist Church, which was founded in Colorado in 1860, built the Ogden Street church in 1910, residing there for 106 years. In 2016, the church closed due to a dwindling congregation.
Al Strauss, a trustee with the Rocky Mountain Conference of the UMC, said St. Paul’s congregation was a remnant of what it once was, with about 20 members remaining when it closed. Those members, he said, joined other UMC congregations.
The property has not sat unoccupied for the past eight years. The building was home to nonprofits and is currently being used by another Methodist congregation, Belong Church. But Strauss said Belong is moving in with another UMC congregation.
“The building needs work,” Glass said. “The church did not want to invest in the building and decided to put it for sale.”
The interior of the church at 1615 N. Ogden St. in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
Glass said the interior of the building would need significant work, especially if it were to be converted to another use beyond a church. Glass said renovating the interior could cost anywhere between $200,000 to a few million dollars depending on what the eventual buyers decide to do with the property. Glass said much of the building is original to when it was first built.
Glass said the UMC specifically wanted a buyer interested in historic restoration.
“There’s a huge market for people looking to do historic restoration in Denver, and there are buildings to do it in,” Glass said. “They’re good investments, and this church is too.”
