Kauffman House (Grand Lake, Colorado)
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The Kauffman House is a
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log house in
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that functioned as a hotel from its construction in 1892 to 1973. It was built by Ezra Kauffman, a local prospector, trapper and builder of log structures who operated it as a hotel until his death in 1920 at age 71. It was then operated as a summer hotel by his widow and daughters until World War II. The log structure is built of timber cut, sawn and hauled by Ezra Kauffman. The logs were sawn on three sides and left rounded on the outside. Inside walls were lined with metal and a muslin facing, with wallpaper pasted to the fabric in most rooms, with colored fabric left exposed in some rooms. Oilcloth was used on the kitchen walls and ceiling. The logs were laid on a stone foundation. Gables are finished in fish-scale shingles. The house featured an indoor water supply fed from a galvanized tank in the attic, which was filled from a hand pump at the lakeshore. Water was hauled by hand in the winter. In 1946 the Kauffmans sold the house to Henry Rhone who operated it until 1973, when the Grand Lake Historical Society purchased the house for use as a museum. It is the only pre-20th century log hotel remaining in Grand Lake. The Kauffman House was placed on the
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on November 21, 1974.


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Grand Lake Area Historical Society
- Kauffman House Museum Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Houses completed in 1892 Historic house museums in Colorado Rustic architecture in Colorado Log houses in the United States Museums in Grand County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Grand County, Colorado Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado 1892 establishments in Colorado Grand Lake, Colorado {{Colorado-museum-stub