Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colorado)

Beaumont Hotel
Beaumont Hotel on Main Street in Ouray, Colorado
Location US 550, Ouray, Colorado
Coordinates 38°1′18″N 107°40′14″W / 38.02167°N 107.67056°W / 38.02167; -107.67056Coordinates: 38°1′18″N 107°40′14″W / 38.02167°N 107.67056°W / 38.02167; -107.67056
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1886
Architect Bulow, O.
Architectural style Empire style
NRHP reference # 73000483[1]
Added to NRHP October 30, 1973

The Beaumont Hotel is a hotel complex in Ouray, Colorado and is on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

History

The Ouray Real Estate and Building Association started construction on the Beaumont Hotel on 5 July 1886, completing it on 15 December 1886 at a cost of $75,000. Palmer House supplied employees for the grand opening, on 25 July 1887. All of the original furniture was made by Marshall Field's.

The Beaumont was one of the first hotels in the country to be wired for alternating current electricity. It boasted guests such as Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. The hotel closed in 1964 due to declining tourism in the area. For over 30 years the hotel sat empty, boarded up and in disrepair. At one point part of the roof collapsed and more than once the building was considered for condemnation. The hotel was sold in 1998 and was meticulously restored, its multiple rooms combined into a more spacious arrangement — the large hotel building now has just 12 guest rooms. It reopened in 2003 and received the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation. In 2004 it received one of the first four Preserve America Presidential Awards for historic preservation.

Architecture

The architectural style of the hotel is a mix of Victorian, Queen Anne and French Second Empire with a slate Mansard roof.

The prominent feature inside the three story brick building is a grand staircase leading into the lobby. A rosewood dining room occupies almost half of the second floor.

Trivia

On a cornerstone of the building at the corner of Main Street and 5th Avenue is a benchmark from the United States Geological Survey with an elevation of 7,800 feet (2377m) above sea level.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Cynthia Emrick (1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beaumont Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved July 26, 2017. With photo.
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