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The Stanley Hotel
Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2] The hotel and its surrounding structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] 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 | |
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Location | 333 Wonderview Avenue, Estes Park, Colorado |
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Coordinates | 40°22′58″N 105°31′09″W |
Architect | Freelan Oscar Stanley, Thielman Robert Weiger, Henry Rogers; built 1907–10 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 85001256[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 26, 1977 (expanded June 20, 1985, and April 16, 1998) |
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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.