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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.
Spencer and Julie Penrose purchased El Pomar, the Potter's wine cellar collection, and house furnishings in 1916 for $75,000 (equivalent to $2,100,000 in 2023) [1]: 8:14 near The Broadmoor, a resort that they had built following a European vacation. [6] [c] They added second and third floors to the house. [1]
July 3, 1986 (912 N. Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs: 31: DeGraff Building: DeGraff Building: August 18, 1983 (116-118 N. Tejon: Colorado Springs: 32: Dodge-Hamlin House
The Broadmoor Seven Falls is a series of seven cascading waterfalls of South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Cañon, Colorado Springs, Colorado. It has been a privately-owned tourist attraction since it was opened in the early 1880s. There is no parking at Seven Falls. Round trip shuttle service is provided from the Norris Penrose Event Center.
Broadmoor was one of five Colorado Springs suburbs annexed into Colorado Springs in 1980. The others were Ivywild, Skyway, Cheyenne Canon, and Stratton Meadows. The annexation added 6.5 square miles (17 km 2) and 20,000 people to the city's total area and population. The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the annexation in 1982. [13]
Today, the company operates 12 King's Fish House restaurants, seven Water Grill locations, Meat On Ocean and Pier Burger in Santa Monica, California, 555 East steakhouse in Long Beach, California, and Lou & Mickey's, a steakhouse in San Diego named for their parents.
[65] [66] In 1919, William Kennon Jewett deeded the Colorado Springs Golf Club's golf course to the City of Colorado Springs. [67] Aircraft flights to the Broadmoor neighborhood fields began in 1919, [ 68 ] the Alexander Airport (later called Nichols Field ) north of the city opened in 1925 and land was purchased in 1927 for the first Colorado ...
Of four children born to the couple, Charles Jr. was the only one to survive childhood. He grew up in Colorado Springs. His father was a school friend of Spencer Penrose in Philadelphia and a business partner in Colorado. [2] Charles Jr. graduated in 1903 from St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island. Three years later he graduated from The ...