What are homes like in Mayfair?
Mayfair is an east Denver neighborhood bounded by Colfax Avenue, Monaco Street Parkway, the Sixth Avenue Parkway and Eudora Street, about five miles east of downtown. Most of it took shape during and after World War II, and the house mix includes ranches, cottages, Tudors and foursquares. It sits between South Park Hill to the north and Hilltop to the south.
Mayfair homes are mostly detached houses on regular city blocks, and most of the neighborhood was built later than the streetcar era houses west of Colorado Boulevard. Mayfair is in the City and County of Denver. It is not one of the city’s official statistical neighborhoods; instead it is defined by its registered neighborhood organization and overlaps the Hale and Montclair statistical neighborhoods. This guide covers the boundaries, how Mayfair was built, the rules that shape additions and rebuilds, and what to check before you buy or sell. For current prices and inventory, use the live numbers at the top of this page.
Where is Mayfair?
Mayfair Neighbors Inc., formed in 1977, defines the neighborhood clockwise from the north as Colfax Avenue, Monaco Street Parkway, the Sixth Avenue Parkway and Eudora Street. Its new neighbors guide places Mayfair about five miles east of downtown Denver and names its neighbors as Bellevue Hale to the west, Montclair to the east, South Park Hill across Colfax to the north and Hilltop across the Sixth Avenue Parkway to the south.
Because Mayfair is not a city statistical neighborhood, city data and many property records place it in Hale, which runs from Colorado Boulevard to Holly Street, or in Montclair. A 9News neighborhood profile describes Mayfair and Montclair as sister neighborhoods that partly overlap. When you compare homes, confirm which boundary a listing or report is using.
How was Mayfair built?
Before houses, this was open prairie crossed by a branch of the Smoky Hill Trail, the overland route gold rush travelers took west across Kansas and Colorado. Interpretive markers in Mayfair Park tell that story, according to the neighborhood organization’s history of the park. The land moved from farming to houses as Denver grew east of Colorado Boulevard. Some blocks began filling in during the early twentieth century, but Mayfair took most of its present shape during and after World War II, when Denver saw heavy residential growth.
Two institutions shaped the neighborhood’s middle. The Mayfair Town Center at 14th Avenue and Krameria Street opened in the 1950s as a neighborhood shopping hub. Spears Chiropractic Hospital opened in 1943 on a 15 acre tract east of what was then the edge of Denver, closed in March 1984, and was largely demolished in 1993, with plans for condominiums and townhomes on parts of the site, according to a 1993 Dynamic Chiropractic report. Mayfair Park sits on land once associated with the hospital and opened in the mid 1990s after more than 20 years of advocacy by residents.
What kinds of homes are in Mayfair?
Expect a mix. 9News lists Tudor, foursquare, Queen Anne, ranch and cottage homes across Mayfair and Montclair. The neighborhood organization describes the housing as mostly detached single family homes, with some duplexes, apartments and condominiums, and commercial buildings along East Colfax.
With so much of the housing from one era, buyers often compare how a house has been expanded or updated: a finished basement, a rear addition, a second story or a rebuilt kitchen. Check permits for each of those.
What rules shape what you can build in Mayfair?
Mayfair is not a historic district, so most houses are governed by their zone district rather than by landmark design review. Look up the exact district for any address on Denver’s official zoning map; the district sets minimum lot size, height, setbacks and whether an accessory dwelling unit is allowed. The Denver Zoning Code has the full rules.
Two edges carry historic listings. Monaco Street Parkway, built in 1907 to a design by S.R. DeBoer, and the East Sixth Avenue Parkway were both listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Under federal law, National Register listing places no restrictions on what a private owner does with a house, so the listing does not add city design review for the houses that face them. One house on the southern edge, the Zall House at 5401 East Sixth Avenue Parkway, was listed on the National Register on its own in 2005. If you are looking at a house with an individual listing or a Denver landmark designation, ask for the paperwork before you plan exterior changes.
Policy is moving too. Mayfair is covered by the East Area Plan, which City Council approved on November 16, 2020, and Denver’s Unlocking Housing Choices project is studying more duplexes and similar homes in residential districts. The neighborhood organization notes that any change would apply to future building, not require owners to change existing homes.
Streets, parks and getting around
Mayfair Park is the neighborhood’s central green space. Lindsley Park lies just west in Bellevue Hale, near Rose Medical Center. Monaco Street Parkway and the Sixth Avenue Parkway form landscaped edges on the east and south.
East Colfax is getting bus rapid transit. The project runs about five miles from downtown toward Aurora; construction reached Mayfair in July 2026, a station is being built at Elm Street, and the work is expected to finish in 2027, according to the neighborhood’s project updates. If you are buying a house close to Colfax, factor in construction through that period.
The Colfax frontage itself has its own organization. The Colfax Mayfair Business Improvement District formed in 2014 after a push by Mayfair Neighbors, and it works with the city on public improvements along the avenue, according to 9News. For a buyer, that means the commercial edge north of the houses is actively managed, and its plans are worth reading if you are considering a house within a block or two of Colfax.
What should you check when buying in Mayfair?
For houses from the 1940s and 1950s, focus on the systems. Order a sewer line camera scope; Denver’s wastewater department says the city is responsible only for the public main, so the line from the house to the street belongs to the owner. Have the foundation and basement checked for moisture and cracks, look for permits on finished basements and additions, and test for radon, which Colorado State University Extension recommends for every Colorado home. Older Tudor and foursquare houses can still have original wiring worth an electrician’s review.
Block by block, note how close a house is to Colfax, the parkways or the town center at 14th and Krameria, and whether the lot backs onto commercial property.
How should you prepare to sell in Mayfair?
Buyers here compare layout and updates closely, since many houses started from similar postwar plans. We usually advise sellers to document permits for basements and additions, fix what an inspector would flag on the sewer line and foundation, and price against sales of similar house types on similar streets. A house on a parkway edge and a house near Colfax are different comparisons. Nobody can promise where prices go; careful comparisons give you the best footing.
How does Mayfair compare with nearby neighborhoods?
South across the Sixth Avenue Parkway, Hilltop continues the Monaco Street Parkway south from Mayfair’s southeast corner. North across Colfax, Park Hill was platted in 1887 and had a major building wave in the 1920s and 1930s, with historic parkways such as Montview Boulevard. West of Colorado Boulevard, Congress Park has older homes, mostly built between 1890 and 1924. Browse the full list on our neighborhoods page.
| At a glance | Mayfair |
|---|---|
| City and county | City and County of Denver |
| Boundaries | Colfax Avenue, Monaco Street Parkway, Sixth Avenue Parkway, Eudora Street |
| Main building years | 1940s and 1950s, with some earlier houses |
| Typical house styles | Ranch, cottage, Tudor, foursquare |
| Historic listings | Monaco Street Parkway and East Sixth Avenue Parkway, both 1986 |
| Nearby parks | Mayfair Park, Lindsley Park |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mayfair an official Denver neighborhood?
Not as a statistical neighborhood. Mayfair is defined by Mayfair Neighbors Inc., a registered neighborhood organization formed in 1977, and it overlaps the city’s Hale and Montclair statistical neighborhoods. It is fully inside the City and County of Denver.
When were most Mayfair homes built?
Mostly during and after World War II, in the 1940s and 1950s, when Denver grew east of Colorado Boulevard. The Mayfair Town Center at 14th and Krameria opened in the 1950s, during the same period.
What was on the Mayfair Park site before the park?
The land was associated with Spears Chiropractic Hospital, which opened in 1943 and closed in 1984. Mayfair Park opened in the mid 1990s, and markers there describe the Smoky Hill Trail that once crossed the area.
Is Mayfair in a historic district?
No. Its eastern and southern edges, Monaco Street Parkway and the Sixth Avenue Parkway, are listed on the National Register, but the houses themselves follow regular Denver zoning without landmark design review.
If you own in Mayfair and want to know what your home would sell for, request a home value, or book a private consultation to plan a purchase here.
