John Denver's Onetime Rocky Mountain Home Lists for $10.75 Million

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John Denver's Onetime Rocky Mountain Home Lists for $10.75 Million

The late singer's 6,000-square-foot house on a six-acre property in Aspen has six bedrooms.

John Denver was famous for songs that extolled the beauty of nature and his Colorado home, including "Rocky Mountain High."

Now home buyers have a chance to experience firsthand what he meant.

The late singer-songwriter's longtime home in Aspen, Colo., is on the market for $10.75 million, according to listing agent Carol Dopkin of Aspen Snowmass Sotheby's International Realty. Ms. Dopkin, a friend of the family, also handled the sale of the house for $3.68 million to the current owners after Mr. Denver's death in 1997, she said. Those owners, whom she declined to name, used the house as a vacation home and are now selling it because their children are grown and they no longer use it as often.

Located in Aspen's Starwood subdivision, the house was Mr. Denver's primary home until his death, she said. Mr. Denver and his first wife, Annie, built the house in the early 1970s, said Ms. Dopkin, and expanded it over the years.

On roughly 7.6 acres, the house is over 6,000 square feet with six bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms. It has four wood-burning fireplaces, plus an outdoor swimming pool, and decks strategically placed to take advantage of the mountain views, Ms. Dopkin said. The current owners made some renovations, such as expanding the living room, but kept the home largely as it was in Mr. Denver's time. For example, the master suite has a fireplace and curved walls of custom-made stained glass that are "very John Denver," she said.

A path leads from the main house to the guest house, part of which Mr. Denver used as a recording studio, Ms. Dopkin said. There's a barbecue area with an outdoor fireplace where Mr. Denver liked to play horseshoes and sit around the fire with friends, she said.