Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Margaret "Molly" Brown, architecture, Unsinkable Molly Brown
College
Humanities
Department
Comparative Arts and Letters
Abstract
On a visit to Denver, Colorado in November 2011, my girlfriend requested that we visit the Molly Brown House Museum as she had grown up watching the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. As we toured the museum, the architecture and interior design of the house caught my attention as it reminded me of the Gilded Age cottages in New England that I had learned about in my American Humanities class. My project was originally intended to explore the Gilded Age homes of Mining Age Colorado but, as I visited Denver in the summer of 2013, I was intrigued by the various levels of preservation in different houses and noticed a connection that the best preserved ones were those related to Margaret Brown. My research then turned to exploring how the legacy of Margaret influenced the preservation of Denver Gilded Age homes.
Recommended Citation
Lloyd, Adam and Soper, Dr. Kerry
(2014)
"Building the Unsinkable Understanding: Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown and Her Legacy Through Architecture,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 567.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/567