The Stanley Hotel | |
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Location | 333 Wonderview Avenue, Estes Park, Colorado |
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Coordinates | 40°22′58″N 105°31′09″W / 40.38288°N 105.51921°W |
Architect | Freelan Oscar Stanley, Thielman Robert Weiger, Henry Rogers; built 1907–10 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 85001256[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 26, 1977 (expanded June 20, 1985, and April 16, 1998) |
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.