Denver Civic Center

Denver Civic Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Civic Center view of the Greek amphitheater
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Nearest city	Denver Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′22″N 104°59′20″W / 39.73944°N 104.98889°W / 39.73944; -104.98889
NRHP reference No.	12001017
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	1974[1]
Designated NHL	October 16, 2012

The Denver Civic Center is a civic center area that includes two parks surrounded by government and cultural buildings and spaces. Civic Center is located in central Denver, Colorado, on the south side of Downtown Denver. Much of the area is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 (boundaries clarified 1988). A somewhat smaller area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2012 as one of the nation's finest examples of the City Beautiful movement of civic design.^[2][3] Denver Civic Center lies partially within the north end of an official Denver neighborhood also named Civic Center. It includes the Colorado State Capitol building, in the west end of Denver's official Capitol Hill neighborhood, and it includes a few buildings in the south end of Denver's Central Business District.

The Civic Center area is known as the center of the civic life in the city, with numerous institutions of arts, government, and culture as well as festivals, parades, and protests throughout the year.