Historic Uses
Learn about Greystone's history and how its past uses compare to the current rezoning proposal.
Greystone has a long and interesting history, beginning as a private family estate and later operating as a guest lodge under different ownership. This page reviews the property’s historical uses and explains how those uses differ from the current proposal to rezone the property for a residential treatment center.
Doesn’t the Jefferson County Together Jeffco 2045 Plan promote re-purposing historic properties and shouldn’t we repurpose these historic buildings?
Yes, the Jeffco Comprehensive Plan does suggest repurposing historic buildings, but Greystone has not been designated a “historic” property. Promises to look into such a designation for some (not all) of the buildings does not make this a historic property.
It isn’t historic?
No, Greystone is not identified as historic on the national, state or Jefferson County historic registers. While the real estate agents refer to it as “one of Colorado’s most storied and cherished legacies”, the owners apparently have not sought the “historic” designation which does create restriction on what renovations are allowed. The history given in a real estate listing indicates numerous renovations and rebuilding over the years.
Isn’t this just a return to when the Sandifers ran it as a guest lodge?
Greystone was built in 1915 as a family estate, on 1,000 acres. In 1939 the Wilfleys added 250 acres and the Pool House, again using the property as a family estate. The Sandifers bought the property and operated a resort for 35 to 40 people from 1946 to 1981. The resort had 1,250 acres in the first years, in 1950 the Sandifers sold 250 acres which was developed as Greystone Lazy Acres, and in 1970 they sold 200 acres which became Greystone Estates.
In 1981 Greystone Manor was sold with just 55 acres.
No one ever operated Greystone as a guest ranch on just 55 acres. Any non-conforming use as a guest ranch was abandoned decades ago, and the acres sold by the Sandifers were subdivided and turned into a single-family residential parcels.
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