2601 Adams Street

2601 Adams Street was for many years the home of Dr. Edmond F. and Rachel B. Noel. Dr. Noel was the first African American to be granted privileges as a physician in Denver. Also active in the community, he was a member of the Owl Club and the NAACP. Mrs. Noel was the first Black member elected to the Denver school board, and a key figure in efforts to desegregate the city’s public schools. In 1968 she introduced a resolution – now known as the Noel Resolution – that called for “a comprehensive plan for the integration of the Denver Public Schools.” She was later appointed to the CU Board of Regents and was a faculty member at Metropolitan State College. The Noels built this home in 1957 and lived here for decades.

[post supplied by Beth Glandon, Director of Research and Engagement

Historic Denver, Inc.]