The Stanley Hotel

"Stanley Hotel" redirects here. For the hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, see Stanley Hotel, Nairobi.

The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is located in Colorado
The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is located in the United States
The Stanley Hotel
Location333 Wonderview Avenue, Estes Park, Colorado
Coordinates40°22′58″N 105°31′09″W / 40.38288°N 105.51921°W / 40.38288; -105.51921
ArchitectFreelan Oscar Stanley, Thielman Robert Weiger, Henry Rogers; built 1907–10
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Websitewww.stanleyhotel.com
NRHP reference No.85001256[1]
Added to NRHPMay 26, 1977 (expanded June 20, 1985, and April 16, 1998)
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The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States, about five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley, co-founder of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, and opened on July 4, 1909, as a resort for upper-class Easterners and a health retreat for sufferers of pulmonary tuberculosis.[2] The hotel and its surrounding structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Today, the hotel includes a restaurant, spa, and bed-and-breakfast; with panoramic views of Lake Estes, the Rockies, and Longs Peak.

The Stanley Hotel served as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining and its 1980 film adaptation. It was also a filming location for the related 1997 TV miniseries.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Kathy Weiser. "The Haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado". LegendsOfAmerica.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.