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Bluebird Lodge - Gold Hill, Colorado

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13T E 465137 N 4434862

Located right next door to the Gold Hill Inn, the Bluebird lodge is an historic hotel built in 1872.

From The Gold Hill Inn and Bluebird Lodge website:

In January 1859 a group of prospectors panned & dug their way up Four Mile Creek looking for traces of gold. As they approached what is now the town site of Gold Hill, they discovered the first real proof that their search was profitable.
The town site began to grow, upon the formation of Mountain District #1 Nebraska Territory. First, the miners built a settlement of log houses and shacks, followed by the service buildings, school, stores, and boarding houses. In 1872 the Wentworth Hotel, a three-story luxury log building, was constructed with the idea of attracting tourists to the town.
The Wentworth Hotel hosted many early personalities such as Clarence Darrow and Eugene Field
who wrote several poems about Gold Hill including, " Casey's Table D' Hote ".
In 1920, the hotel became the Bluebird Lodge, and was run as a private vacation spot for women from the Chicago area who were teachers, nurses etc…. Mrs. Sherwood was the original creator and was a protégé of Jane Addams of Hull House and also a humanitarian. The vacation spot became so popular, that in 1924 a dining hall, also log, was needed, and built next to the Bluebird Lodge. By the late fifties the "single" vacation was no longer desirable or necessary since the "rights" of women had improved.
Many of the women had acquired their own cabins in Gold Hill.
In 1962 the hotel and dining hall was bought by Barbara and Frank Finn from the Holiday House Association.
The dining hall became the Gold Hill Inn and the adventure began.

Name of the Hotel: Bluebird Lodge Address: The Gold Hill Inn Restaurant & Bluebird Lodge 401 Main St Gold Hill, Colorado USA 80302-9763 Number of Rooms: 9 Height in floors: 3 Hotel since: 01/01/1872 Date Building was built: 01/01/1872 Historic Hotel (Historic Building, National Monument or similar): yes Urban Hotel (located in a village or town): no Mountains Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): yes Beachs Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): no Historic Place nearby (Unesco or National monument/site less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): yes Major Pilgrimage Place Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil. Consider any religion).: no Hotel website (if available): [Web Link] Hotel Rating: Not listed First use of building: Not listed

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