Hotel Boulderado
History
The Boulderado opened on New Year’s Day in 1909 to a huge crowd—many of them with a vested interest in welcoming the hotel to Boulder; the construction of the five-story Italianate brick building, which cost $131,664, was funded by generous stock subscriptions. The stained-glass ceiling and canti-levered cherry staircase in the lobby best reflect the Boulderado’s turn-of-the-century elegance, and antiques and reproductions of Victorian-style furnishings carry this detail into each room. The historic hotel has undergone meticulous restoration and two expansions, in 1985 and 1989, bringing the total rooms to 160, with over 8,000 square feet of meeting space.
