The Daniels & Fisher Tower: A Presence of the Past

This is the history of the owners and founding of the Daniels & Fisher Department store in Denver, Colorado in the mid-19th century, the conception and building of the landmark Daniels & Fisher Tower building in 1909-1911, the story of the important role that the Tower Building played in Denver history 1910 through the late 1960s, the decline of the Tower building after the closing of the store, and the Tower building’s deterioration in condition and endangerment of destruction into the late 1970s.