Washington Virginia Vale

Pricing trends

Washington Virginia Vale prices alongside Virginia Village and below Hilltop and Cherry Creek, with renovated ranches near Four Mile and the creek at the top and 1960s condominiums along Leetsdale among the most affordable homes near Cherry Creek. The Denver table below carries the citywide numbers.

Citywide figures for Denver. Source: Local Market Update, August 2026, REcolorado data compiled by the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Neighborhood-level figures vary; ask me for comparables on any specific home. See all area tables.

About Wash-Virginia Vale

Washington Virginia Vale is the neighborhood along Cherry Creek east of Glendale, named for two of its subdivisions and known mostly for Four Mile Historic Park, the oldest standing house in Denver. Its blocks of 1950s ranches and its condominium communities along Leetsdale and Alameda are ten minutes from Cherry Creek North at a fraction of the price, and the creek trail runs through the middle of it.

Location

The neighborhood runs from Alameda Avenue south to Mississippi Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Quebec Street, with Glendale to the west, Virginia Village and Windsor to the south and east, Hilltop and Crestmoor north across Alameda and Lowry to the northeast. Leetsdale Drive and Alameda are the main routes; Cherry Creek North is a mile northwest.

History and background

The Four Mile House, built in 1859 on the Cherry Creek branch of the Smoky Hill Trail, was a stage stop and tavern four miles from the center of Denver, and it is the oldest standing building in the city. The land around it stayed farms and dairies along the creek for the next ninety years, outside the city limits.

Denver annexed the area in the 1940s and 1950s, and the Washington Park Vale and Virginia Vale subdivisions that give the neighborhood its name filled with brick ranches for the families of the post-war boom. The condominium and apartment communities along Leetsdale followed in the 1960s and 1970s as the Glendale commercial district grew next door.

The city bought the Four Mile House and its grounds in 1975 and opened Four Mile Historic Park in 1978, saving the farmstead from development. The Cherry Creek Trail, completed through the neighborhood in the following decades, connected it to Cherry Creek North and the state park.

Housing and architecture

The streets hold 1950s brick ranches on 60- to 70-foot lots in the Washington Park Vale and Virginia Vale subdivisions, with 1960s and 1970s condominium and apartment communities along Leetsdale, Alameda and the creek and a few newer townhomes near Cherry Creek Trail. Renovation and some rebuilds have spread from Hilltop since the 2010s.

Parks and recreation

Four Mile Historic Park, with its 1859 house, farm animals and festivals, sits on the creek at the neighborhood's center, and the Cherry Creek Trail runs through it toward Cherry Creek North and the state park. Garland Park, Cook Park and the Glendale recreation facilities are a short walk, and Burns Park's sculptures are at the Alameda and Colorado corner.

Dining, shopping and daily life

Leetsdale Drive and Alameda Avenue carry grocery stores, restaurants and services, with Glendale's Colorado Boulevard dining to the west and the Cherry Creek shopping district a short drive. The Lowry Town Center and Boulevard One are northeast.