The Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado)

 hotel, resort, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, movie / film / TV location, Colonial Revival (architecture)

333 East Wonderview Avenue
Estes Park, CO 80517
(970) 577-4000
www.stanleyhotel.com/

Historic resort hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1909
- Architect: T. Robert Wieger (Denver, CO)
- Architectural style: Colonial Revival
- Areas of significance: Commerce; Architecture; Social History
- Area: less than 1 acre
- Date added to NRHP: 5/26/1977
- Other designations: listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
- Notes: The Stanley Hotel was built by F.O. Stanley, who gained fame and fortune as the inventor and manufacturer of the Stanley Steamer automobile. The hotel served tourists visiting the Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park area. Until 1926, many guests arrived via specially designed Stanley Steamer touring cars. The resort consists of a group of buildings set against the rugged backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. Stanley also built a power plant in 1907 to provide electric power to his hotel, allowing him to claim that it was the first in the nation to "heat, light and cook meals exclusively with electricity." The hotel is perhaps best known for being the inspiration behind The Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 horror novel "The Shining".