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Molly Brown House Undergoing Extensive Renovation

DENVER (CBS4) - The first major restoration of the Molly Brown House museum in more than 40 years is in progress.

The Molly Brown House
The Molly Brown House (credit: Seth McConnell/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Crews are fixing the front porch, roof and stained glass windows as part of the $1 million project.

The Molly Brown House, located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street, is one of Denver's popular tourist attractions. It remains open during the renovation work.

Molly Brown House Museum
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The "unsinkable" Molly Brown got her name after she became one of the survivors of The Titanic, but she was also a crusader for women's rights.

She moved to Leadville in early 1886 to keep house for her brother and met James Joseph Brown later that year. After a whirlwind courtship they married on Sept. 1, 1886. The Browns struck it rich when J.J.'s persistence at the Little Johnny mine led to the discovery of vast quantities of gold and copper in 1893.

The Brown family moved to Denver in 1894 and Molly founded the Denver Dumb Friends League, designed the juvenile court system and ran for U.S. Senate in 1914.

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