{"id":1945,"slug":"henry-treat-rogers-mansion-site-denver-colorado","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Rogers Mansion is the filmed — the 'Changeling' that's the movie's birth, the 'Hunter lived' that's the '68 rent. The 'hidden stair' is the found — the 'closet back' that's the wall's break, the 'child's trunk' that's the attic's keep. The 'diary read' is the told — the '9-year-old' that's the cripple hidden, the 'red ball' that's the toy's roll.","The 'piano played' is the heard — the 'itself' that's the keys' press, the 'stop it' that's the yelled end. The 'demolished' is the gone — the 'months later' that's the raze's speed, the 'exploded' that's the worker's claimed death. Rogers Mansion is the made — the 'George C. Scott' that's the film's star, the 'condos now' that's the site's use.","The file keeps the Rogers Mansion: the filmed haunting, the hidden stair, the diary's boy, and the gone house.","Rogers Mansion is the archive's Colorado file — the haunting that became a movie."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Rogers Mansion is the archive's Colorado file — where a renter's ghost wrote The Changeling.","A house keeps its story — the file's suggestion being that the Rogers' hold is the told: the 'Hunter lived' that's the source's stay, the 'attic found' that's the boy's hide, and the 'film made' that's the legend's fame."]}],"name":"Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site","aliases":[],"type":"DEMOLISHED_HOUSE_SITE","type_label":"Demolished House Site","cats":["LOCAL_LEGEND","DISPUTED_LEGEND"],"groups":["ghost-towns","legends"],"desc":"Former house associated with The Changeling and a disputed ghost narrative.","full_desc":"Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site is a demolished house site in Denver, Colorado. Former house associated with The Changeling and a disputed ghost narrative. Rogers and his wife filed a building permit in July 1892; architect Henry Ten Eyck Wendell designed the house. Reported lore and claims include: Denver Public Library recounts Russell Hunter’s account of a child spirit and concealed diary; library research could not establish that he rented the house.","address":"1739 East 13th Avenue","city":"Denver","county":null,"state":"Colorado","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":39.76185,"lon":-104.881105,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"DEMOLISHED","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Historical address retained for demolished building; no access to later private residence implied. Tourism calls Hunter’s account real-life events, but library directories do not confirm tenancy. Rogers couple was childless; niece and nephew histories should not be conflated with alleged child entity.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":60.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":997,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Denver Public Library recounts Russell Hunter’s account of a child spirit and concealed diary; library research could not establish that he rented the house. The reports at Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim is disputed by the sources that preserve it. The report is preserved in sources like 'The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"DISPUTED","evidence_label":"Disputed","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.6,"conflict_notes":"Library research does not support Hunter’s tenancy and challenges family backstory.","source":{"name":"The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film","url":"https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/history-denver-house-inspired-horror-film","publisher":"Denver Public Library","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Rogers and his wife filed a building permit in July 1892; architect Henry Ten Eyck Wendell designed the house. Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film","url":"https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/history-denver-house-inspired-horror-film","publisher":"Denver Public Library","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[{"name":"Residence building permit","type":"BUILDING_PERMIT","date_start":"1892-07","date_end":null,"description":"In July 1892, Dr. Henry Treat Rogers and his wife filed the permit for a brick mansion on Denver's Capitol Hill — the house demolished decades later. Writers and tour guides have attached the famous 'Changeling House' legend to it; the documented record shows only the permit, the society family, and the eventual teardown.","evidence":"BUILDING_PERMIT","source":{"name":"The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film","url":"https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/history-denver-house-inspired-horror-film","publisher":"Denver Public Library","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}}],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[{"name":"Henry Treat Rogers","role":"Owner","birth":"1837","death":"1922","bio":"Lawyer who commissioned the residence with his wife Kate. The record gives the dates as 1837–1922. The dossier ties Henry Treat Rogers to Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site as owner. The entry is documented through 'The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film'. Henry Treat Rogers is filed as a documented person — part of the record the place’s stories hang on."},{"name":"Henry Ten Eyck Wendell","role":"Architect","birth":null,"death":null,"bio":"Designed the residence. The dossier ties Henry Ten Eyck Wendell to Henry Treat Rogers Mansion Site as architect. The entry is documented through 'The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film'. Henry Ten Eyck Wendell is filed as a documented person — part of the record the place’s stories hang on."}],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Hot Spots for Colorado Ghost Hunters","url":"https://www.colorado.com/articles/haunted-colorado-hot-spots-ghost-hunters","publisher":"Colorado Tourism Office","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},{"name":"The History of the Denver House That Inspired a Horror Film","url":"https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/history-denver-house-inspired-horror-film","publisher":"Denver Public Library","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}