Hotel Boulderado
{{Short description|Hotel in Boulder, Colorado, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Hotel Boulderado
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Colorado
| designated_other1_date =
| designated_other1_number = 5BL.240.41
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Hotel Boulderado Boulder CO.jpg
| caption =
| location = 2115 13th St., Boulder, Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|40|1|9|N|105|16|43|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Colorado#USA
| area =
| built = 1909
| architect = Redding, William, & Son; Geranson & Beckstrom
| architecture = Italian Renaissance/ Spanish Revival
| added = November 03, 1994
| refnum = 94001226
}}
File:Hotel Boulderado, 1909 (1).jpg
The Hotel Boulderado is located at 13th and Spruce St. in downtown Boulder, Colorado. It opened on New Year's Day 1909. The original 1908 Otis Elevator is still in operation.{{citation|title=Boulder is steeped in old, new|publisher=Boston Globe|first=Ellen|last=Albanese|date=October 6, 2004|url=http://www.bouldercvb.com/pressroom/index.cfm?action=Article&pressID=90}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The hotel was designed by local architects William Redding, Floyd Redding, and James Cowie, all of whom were members of the architectural firm Redding & Sons.{{Cite web |title=Hotel History in Boulder, Colorado - Hotel Boulderado |url=https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/hotel-boulderado/history.php |website=www.historichotels.org}}
Hotel Boulderado is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.{{cite journal|title=Hotel Boulderado, a Historic Hotels of America member|url=http://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/hilton-milwaukee-city-center//|publisher=Historic Hotels of America|accessdate=November 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155221/http://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/hilton-milwaukee-city-center/|archivedate=February 2, 2014}}
The Hotel Boulderado houses three restaurants. Located off of the main lobby are Spruce Farm and Fish, a fine-dining restaurant, and the Corner Bar, a more casual eatery. The basement contains a speakeasy-style bar, License No. 1, which recently replaced Catacombs. All three restaurants share a kitchen.{{cite web |url=http://www.boulderado.com/dining.html |title=Downtown Boulder Colorado Restaurants | Hotel Boulderado |website=www.boulderado.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522154526/http://www.boulderado.com/dining.html |archive-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}
The Hotel Boulderado is mentioned in Stephen King's novel Misery.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
History
In 1905, Boulder was home to 8,000 residents, the University of Colorado, one of the Chautauqua cultural and educational resorts, and twenty-six automobiles. Residents called the city the "Athens of the West." As a new-forged railroad hub, the city did have some hotels to accommodate visitors, but in December 1905, the city council launched the "hotel proposition," furthered by the Boulder newspaper, the Daily Camera. Committees from Boulder's Commercial Association raised funds in the form of $100 subscriptions, and the Boulder Hotel Company was formed, which owned the hotel until 1939.{{citation|title=Legend of a Landmark|publisher=The Book Lode, LLC|first=Silvia|last=Pettem|year=2009|url=http://www.silviapettem.com/Legend.html|access-date=2010-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517023525/http://www.silviapettem.com/Legend.html|archive-date=2010-05-17|url-status=dead}}
The hotel was opened with a Gala Ball on New Year's Eve of 1908. The first guests checked in on New Years Day, 1909. The first guest register is still on display in the main lobby, and the modern hotel still commemorates their opening every year with a New Year's Eve Gala Ball,{{cite web |url=http://www.boulderado.com/newsyearsevegala.html |title=New Years Gala in Boulder Colorado ~ the Hotel Boulderado | Hotel Boulderado |website=www.boulderado.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522154646/http://www.boulderado.com/newsyearsevegala.html |archive-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead}} voted the #1 Place to Celebrate New Year's Eve by Downtown Boulder readers.[http://www.boulderdowntown.com/2009]{{dead link|date=February 2017}}
Architecture
The board of directors for Boulder's Hotel Company tasked local architecture firms to design two concepts per firm.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.boulderado.com/history/ |website=boulderado.com}} Local architects William Redding, Floyd Redding, and James Cowie of Redding & Sons design was approved by the board of directors in 1906. The architects were inspired by Italian Renaissance and Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture.
One of the most notable features in the Hotel Boulderado is the stained-glass ceiling of the interior lobby. The ceiling was designed to resemble that of San Francisco’s renowned Palace Hotel (Palace Hotel's stained-glass ceiling would be destroyed during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906).
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Hotel Boulderado}}
- {{official|http://www.boulderado.com/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100517023525/http://www.silviapettem.com/Legend.html Historian Silvia Pettem's history of the hotel]
{{Registered Historic Places}}
Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1909
Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Category:Buildings and structures in Boulder, Colorado
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Colorado