Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located at the foot of Pikes Peak in western El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded for its natural mineral springs. The downtown area continues to be of interest to travelers, ...
National Trust for Historic Preservation
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History
Mr. Webster and Mr. Shurtleff, entrepreneurs from Canada, provided the investment to build Cliff House, the second largest hotel in Manitou Springs in 1874. It is located near the Soda and Navajo Springs. Before its addition, sometime after 1874, the hotel could serve up to 100 people.
The hotel, once a stagecoach stop, was visited by Clark Gable and Theodore Roosevelt.
Gallery
File:Navajo and Manitou Springs.png, Navajo and Manitou springs, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. Cliff House is in the rightmost upper corner of the photograph.
File:Cliff House, Manitou Park, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg, Cliff House, Manitou Park, Colorado, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
File:Cliff House Colorado.jpg
See also
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List of Historic Hotels of America
Historic Hotels of America is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that was founded in 1989 with 32 charter members; the program accepts nominations and identifies hotels that have maintained their authenticity, sense of pl ...