Charles Boettcher (1852-July 1948) was a successful businessman in Colorado in the hardware, mining, cement and sugar beet businesses. He was one of the founders of the Ideal Cement Company. Born in Kölleda Germany, he came to the US at age 17 and worked with his brother Herman, first in Wyoming. He moved to Colorado and pursued various business projects, often partnering with

John F. Campion John Francis Campion (December 1849 – July 17, 1916) was a wealthy Canadian-American who made his fortune in mining and sugar production. He was also an executive and investor in banking, railroad, insurance, and other businesses. Campion ran ...

. His family fortune has funded many philanthropic enterprises. Charles Boettcher, Sr. not to be confused with his son with the same name Charles Boettcher II. Boettcher's hunting lodge, the Boettcher House (also sometimes referred to as Lorraine Lodge; National Register of Historic Places listed building #84000858, Charles Boettcher Summer Home and the Jefferson County Conference & Nature Center) was built in 1917 as a summer home and seasonal hunting lodge. It sits on 110-acres donated to Jefferson County, Colorado, in the 1970s and has been used for weddings and other public events since 1975. It was designed by Denver architect

John J. Huddart John James Huddart (25 August 1856 – 1930), known usually as John J. Huddart, was a British born and trained architect who practised out of Denver, Colorado in the United States. At the end of the Nineteenth century he was one of Denver's ...

. The foundation bearing his family name has supported numerous projects in Colorado such as the

Boettcher Concert Hall Bottcher or Böttcher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albrecht Böttcher (born 1954), German mathematician * Arthur Böttcher (1831–1889), German pathologist and anatomist * August Friedrich Böttcher (1825–1 ...

and the Denver Botanic Gardens. In 1963, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 American West, Western and Native Americans in the United States, American Indian art works and Artifact (archaeology), ar ...

. According to this induction page, he was also a rancher.

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