Glenisle, also known as Glen-Isle on the Platte and Glen Isle Resort, is a
rustic-style resort hotel built at the turn of the 20th century. The hotel is located just off
US Highway 285 in
Bailey, Colorado
Bailey is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in northeastern Park County, Colorado, United States. Bailey's Post Office ZIP Code is 80421.
The town community consists of several small businesses, restaurants and churches.
The No ...
, United States, and has been on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
since 1985.
The rustic main lodge building's most distinctive feature is a three-story round tower with a conical roof.
It is located on the bank of the
North Fork of the
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/ Mountain West. It ...
. It was deemed "significant as the last remaining turn-of-the-century resort hotel in the once popular South Platte Canyon west of Denver. It was constructed as a result of the railroad building and promotion that played a significant role in development throughout Colorado in the late 19th century. Real estate promotion and tourist development became an integral part of the expansion of passenger traffic, and the Colorado & Southern invested a significant amount of capital into the Platte Canyon for just such reasons. The Adirondack inspired rustic architecture of Glenisle and its neighboring resorts was a popular theme for turn-of-the-century inns in Colorado and Glenisle remains as one of the few good intact examples of the form."
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References
External links
Glen Isle Resort official website
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Buildings and structures in Park County, Colorado
Hotel buildings completed in 1901
Rustic architecture in Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Colorado
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