How a Condemned Cookie Factory in Denver Became Home to a Heavy-Hitting Art Collection (And Yes, You Can Visit)

Amanda Precourt spent the last nine years collecting contemporary art at a furious pace—while building a home tailored to showcase the trove. “I would find a piece then design a room around it, using art as an active participant in the conversation,” says the 52-year-old philanthropist as she tours me around her recently completed 8,000-square-foot residence.

The exterior conditions of Precourt’s new digs are as singular as what’s contained inside: The home is perched atop a former fortune cookie factory in Denver’s Baker neighborhood, which the real estate developer, who launched her own firm, AJP Realty and Design, in 2009, repurposed into a non-commercial art space that opened to the public last May.