The Strange History of Denver’s Blackmer Mansion and the Controversial Group That Bought It

In 1915, a large mansion was built in Denver by a steel mill executive, but a few decades later, it was sold to a group that many consider a cult.

Colorado’s Blackmer Mansion was Built in 1915

The mansion, which sits at 975 East 7th Avenue in Denver, was originally known as the Blackmer Mansion and was built by an executive at Colorado Fuel and Iron named Alfred Cass in 1915.

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However, by 1945, the mansion would be sold to a foundation that is responsible for a movement that many believe to be a cult.

Colorado’s Blackmer Mansion was Purchased in 1945

The mansion was purchased by the Saint Germain Foundation in 1945. Roughly two years later, on October 24, 1947, the Denver Post published a story with a headline that read, “I Am” Cult Buys Blackmer Mansion for Sanctuary .

The I AM Movement was founded in the early 1930s by Guy Ballard and his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard as a religious movement that emphasized things like reincarnation, ascension, and immortality.

By 1938, the movement was said to have close to a million followers, though that number has since dwindled.

In recent years, people who live near the pure white mansion have reported that little activity takes place there, but when people have been seen on the property, they’re typically dressed in all white and are not seen outdoors for very long.

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Learn more about the mansion here, and learn more about the I AM Movement and the Saint Germain Foundation here.