Winks Lodge | resort, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, vernacular (architecture)

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

Built: 1925
Architectural style: Vernacular American Craftsman
Areas of significance: Commerce; Black Ethnic Heritage; Social History; Entertainment/Recreation; Archaeology; Architecture
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Winks Panorama
Date added to NRHP: 3/28/1980
Other designations: listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties

Winks Panorama was an African-American resort of the segregation era in the Rocky Mountain West between 1925 and 1965. The property retains the atmosphere of the peaceful mountain oasis that it once offered to African-American vacationers who had few options for travel and leisure due to the restrictions of segregation. The Lodge is highly significant for what it can tell us about African-American life in the early twentieth century. Resistance to segregation and de facto status as second-class citizens took many forms, including the creation of African-American community enclaves such as Lincoln Hills, the setting of Winks Lodge. Winks Lodge is further significant as an exemplification of the efforts of early-twentieth-century African Americans to create their own opportunities for vacationing, recreation and leisure in response to their exclusion in Colorado from white-dominated venues under segregation. It is also noteworthy that the landmark federal Civil Rights legislation of 1964-65 greatly contributed to the obsolescence of Winks Lodge and other African-American resorts. Finally, the site is also potentially significant archaeologically for its potential to yield information important to history due to possible buried deposits from the site's early days.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winks_Panorama
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Coordinates:   39°55'16"N   105°27'26"W

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