Located in Denver, Colorado, the school was established to teach and promote the medical theories of its founder, Dr. John Henry Tilden.

[3] He believed that only a strict adherence to his dietary principles, a prudent lifestyle and proper hygiene would restore health and cure all illness.

[4] Tilden's techniques taught at the school included fasting, prescribed menus of carefully balanced food combinations, restrictions and rules on liquid intake,[5] the necessity of fresh air and sunshine, colonic cleansing,[6] rest and the elimination of stress both mental and physical.

[8] Tilden promoted his school and views through lecture tours, books,[9] articles and a series of journals under the titles A Stuffed Club (1900 - 1915),[10] Philosophy of Health,[2] and Dr. Tilden's Health Review and Critique (1926-40) [11][12] The school was advertised as the place "where thousands 'Hopelessly Ill' get well without drugs, serums or surgery.

"[13] The Tilden School for Teaching Health attracted patients from all over the country and world including Canada, Great Britain and Australia.

[2] It offered furnished apartments for its patients to learn to take care of themselves and practice the Tilden techniques for healthy living.

[2] As many of his patients stayed for extended periods of time, the school's architecture and grounds were designed to invoke more of an ambiance of a residential apartment complex as opposed to a traditional medical facility.

[20] Vos operated the Tilden Health School until 1931, when the effects of the Great Depression forced its closure.

It was designed and built by architect John G. Weller in 1882 as a single family house for Ambrose Bosler, a North Denver pioneer who made his money in the ice trade.

The building has an asymmetrical form with gabled and hipped projections, tall, narrow, one over one light double hung windows featuring segmented arches.

[35] City Directories suggest that in the years following Mr. Morris's death in November 1968, subsequent owners appeared to have rented the house out during much of the time up to the 1980s.

Due to an extended conflict with city hall over roof alterations and property rights, the Bosler - Yankee house fell into neglect.

[37] The Bosler - Yankee House was foreclosed on by the City of Denver in May 2015[38] and subsequently purchased by Steve and Jan Davis in March 2016.

[2] The building was designed in the Classical Revival Style and incorporated elements more commonly found in residential construction than medical facilities.

[45][46]The Main Building at 3249 West Fairview Place is the largest structure erected on the Tilden School for Teaching Health campus.

For a short time in the 1930s, the Main building was used to house 250 indigent elderly men by the Denver Emergency Relief Committee.

[56]The Clinical Building is located at 3289 Grove Street and was also designed by Harry W. J. Edbrooke and erected by the Kirchhof Construction Company in 1923.

[15] The wrought iron street lamps lining the property featured customized globes bearing the name "Tilden".

[62] The Tilden School for Teaching Health was located in the Highland Park subdivision[63] of Denver, Colorado USA.