Denver's grande dame since 1892. The eight-story atrium lobby is the finest interior space in Colorado. Every President since Teddy Roosevelt has stayed here.
The Brown Palace Hotel opened in 1892 as the finest hotel between Chicago and San Francisco — a nine-story Italian Renaissance building with an eight-story atrium lobby that remains the most extraordinary interior space in Colorado. The hotel's founder, Henry C. Brown, stipulated that the building be triangular to fit the intersection of 17th Street and Tremont Place, producing the distinctive wedge shape that has defined Denver's skyline for 130 years. Every sitting President from Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama has stayed here.
The 241 rooms are configured across the original 1892 building and a 1959 tower addition. The historic building rooms have the architecture — the original cast-iron balconies overlooking the atrium, the original tile floors, and the proportions of a Victorian grand hotel. Churchill Bar is the hotel's premier cocktail destination: a wood-panelled room with a fireplace and a Scotch selection that constitutes the most serious spirits programme in Colorado.
The Ship Tavern, a maritime-themed pub within the hotel, has been serving Colorado comfort food since 1934 and maintains a clientele that spans the state's political, ranching, and business establishment. The afternoon tea in the atrium, served daily with the original Brown Palace recipe, is the most civilised ritual in Denver. The spa in the adjacent tower operates a full programme of treatments.
An anniversary at the Brown Palace is an anniversary in Colorado history — the eight-story atrium, the Churchill Bar, and the Ship Tavern produce a milestone stay that the Four Seasons and the newer boutiques cannot replicate through architecture. The hotel's century of anniversary management shows in the execution: the room arrangements, the afternoon tea, and the Churchill Bar's champagne service are all done correctly. See all anniversary hotels →
The Brown Palace has been where Colorado does business since 1892, and the tradition is current — the Churchill Bar remains the preferred informal meeting venue for the city's energy, mining, and finance sectors. The hotel's ballroom infrastructure handles corporate events of 20 to 500. See all business hotels →
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