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The Broadmoor (stylized as THE BRO A DMOOR) is a hotel and resort in the Broadmoor neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado. [1] [2] The Broadmoor is a member of Historic Hotels of America of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [3] Its visitors have included heads of state, celebrities, and professional sports stars.
The five-story commemorative monument and an adjoining one-story building with the chapel was designed by local architect, Charles E. Thomas, who was hired by Julie and Spencer Penrose, the philanthropist and developer [5] [3]: 7:1 who built The Broadmoor resort [6] and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. [7]
A zoological park was built along Cheyenne Creek, near Bear Creek Road (now Eighth Street), by 1916 [64] and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was built in 1925 above The Broadmoor resort on the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road. [65] [66] In 1919, William Kennon Jewett deeded the Colorado Springs Golf Club's golf course to the City of Colorado Springs. [67]
Guests have reported apparitions, spooky laughter, and other strange occurrences at these reportedly haunted hotels.
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The Hotel Normandie was completed before the 1906 San Francisco Fire. [3] The four-story establishment opened in April 1908, featuring a collection of 250 guest rooms and suites. The distinctive layout of the Hotel Normandie formed an "E" shape, featuring two slender and luminous courtyards that allowed natural light and fresh air to permeate ...
When the Hutchings family purchased the hotel in 2001, they decorated each of the 12 rooms with European antiques. Legend has it the hauntings come in room No. 8, known as the Aviary Room.
It still runs in the early 21st century, and is known as the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Penrose began work on his project, The Broadmoor Hotel. He reportedly wanted to buy the Antlers Hotel from Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, who had it rebuilt in 1901 after a fire, but Palmer wouldn't sell. Palmer had ...