Molly Brown's Summer House

“Sweet Vale of Avoca how calm could I rest in thy bosom of shade with the friends I love best…” This is a sentiment from the poem, The Meeting of the Waters, written by famous Irish born poet, Thomas Moore. Margaret Brown, more commonly known as Molly Brown, took inspiration from this work to name the property, Avoca Lodge, located west of downtown Denver. Most everyone knows about Colorado’s flamboyant Margaret “Molly” Brown, her marriage to James Joseph Brown, her philanthr