Stanley Hotel

333 Wonder View Ave., Estes Park, Colorado. County/parish: Larimer.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 26, 1977. NRIS 77000380.

6 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • See Also:Stanley Hotel District (Boundary Increase)

From Wikipedia:

The Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States, about five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley, co-founder of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, and opened on July 4, 1909, as a resort for upper-class Easterners and a health retreat for sufferers of pulmonary tuberculosis. The hotel and its surrounding structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the hotel includes a restaurant, spa, and bed-and-breakfast; with panoramic views of Lake Estes, the Rockies, and Longs Peak.

The Stanley Hotel served as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining and its 1980 film adaptation. It was also a filming location for the related 1997 TV miniseries.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84131412

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