Hotel Boulderado Renovations To Begin in January

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Lee Mottard and his wife Desiree, both of Boston, check into the hotel with the help of Riley Branch, guest service agent, inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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An undated photo of the exterior of Hotel Boulderado. Courtesy Photo

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Guest Service Agents Tyler Olson, left, and Riley Branch check in hotel guests inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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Two three-foot glass panels were broken in 1959 when a heavy wet snow damaged a roof top skylight and dropped snow and debris to the glass ceiling below. Boulder Daily Camera FILE

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Owner Frank Day inside the Hotel Boulderado lobby on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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In 1995, General Manager Sid Anderson, left, and General Partner Frank B. Day, right, spoke during the ceremony that placed the hotel on the National Register of Historic Places. Courtesy of Hotel Boulderado Collection

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A set of land line telephones inside the lobby at the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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Gabled windows were added to the fifth floor during the Boulderado's 1910 remodeling. Waiting in front, the horse drawn freight wagon was ready to transport guests' trunks and other luggage to the railroad depot. Although automobiles mingled with the horse-drawn vehicles, the streets were still dirt. Courtesy of Carnegie Library

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Hotel guests roam around the lobby area inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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The original dinging room is still in use today. The kitchen, however, has expanded to include the column on the left. Reproductions have replaced the stained glass transoms in the windows. Boulder Daily Camera FILE

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A sign showing some of the renovations to take place inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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A menu from Wednesday, Jan. 19, 1910, Hotel Boulderado. Courtesy Photo

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Valet worker Carl Kuck cleans the lobby entrance doors inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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Members of this group may look as if they are drinking beer, but this was a bottlers' convention, held in the dining room in 1923. Prohibition was in force, so the bottles held seltzer and other beverages. Courtesy of Carnegie Library

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Owner Frank Day and General Manager Lisa Lindgren stand together inside the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016

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Hotel guests, whom asked not to be identified, leave the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in Boulder. For more photos of the Hotel Boulderado go to www.dailycamera.com Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer/ Dec. 15, 2016