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n 1958 the Taplins bought 11 Cherry Hills Drive, a 1941 New England‑style manor perched at the end of a dirt road overlooking the 10th fairway of Cherry Hills Country Club. Their motive was not the golf course but the generous 6,000‑sq‑ft layout that could accommodate four sons, offering five bedrooms and six baths. In 1989 they expanded the acreage, and the 1990s saw a remodel that modernized utilities and added an elevator while preserving character details such as the angled ceilings in the upper rooms.

    The 3.7‑acre estate boasts a pool, pool house, sweeping gardens, century‑old trees, and a playful array of birdhouses. Thomas Taplin, an industrialist and philanthropist, passed in 2007; his wife Beatrice, a noted supporter of Planned Parenthood and board member of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and Denver Botanic Gardens, died in September. Their eldest son, filmmaker and mountaineer Tom, was filming a documentary on Mount Everest’s base camp when an earthquake‑triggered avalanche claimed his life in 2015.

    Now the property, with 841 linear feet of golf‑course frontage, is on the market for $12 million. Listing agents Pam Helm, Patti Helm, and Libby Weaver of Helm Weaver Helm note its unique appeal, suggesting it could be split into two parcels for renovation or replacement. “It’s a unicorn,” Helm remarks, “you won’t find anything else like it.”