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1930s Set 4 Vintage General Electric Salvaged Mansion Refrigerator Doors GE
$ 607.19
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Description
DETAILSA vintage set of four white enamel doors from a built-in fridge or icebox salvaged from a historic Denver mansion. The last photo shows the doors as they were installed at Belcaro. An early example of a domestic kitchen refrigerator.
COLOR(S)
White
PLACE OF ORIGIN
United States
MAKER
General Electric (GE) (New York, 1892-present)
PROVENANCE
Senator Lawrence C. Phipps, Belcaro Mansion (Denver, Colorado, built 1931).
Belcaro is a palatial 33,000 square foot Georgian-style historic mansion with over 70 rooms and features an indoor tennis pavilion and two rooms imported from England. Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958), a Colorado state Senator from 1919 to 1931, commissioned the Mansion in part to create jobs during the Great Depression. Mrs. Phipps was very active with the University of Denver and Belcaro was eventually endowed to the University by the family in 1964 and served as a conference center until it was sold in 2010. It is set to undergo much needed restorations and will return to being a private residence. Of Fisher and Fisher's surviving buildings 50 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places including Belcaro.
PERIOD
Early 20th century
DATE
Circa 1931
DIMENSIONS
(4) Doors (without hinges): Width 22.5 Depth 4.5 Height 29.25 inches
Doors with hinge: Width 24.5 inches
Door edge overlap to inner seal (backside): Depth 1 inch
CONDITION
Note: no door latches for the frame. Lot includes (4) doors with hinges and handles. No frame.