Day 239 of 365 Days of Boulderado Photos ~ Antique Photo of Old Courthouse

The Hotel Boulderado is just across the intersection from the Boulder County Courthouse. But before the current structure, there was another courthouse on the same site. The courthouse seen in this antique photo began construction in 1899 and was finished. Then in 1932, a fire caught in one of the towers and burned the building to the ground. The daughter of our then-owner/general manager, Betsy Mark, brought her whole class home from school with her that day to watch the event from the Boulderado's porch.

Day 105 of 365 Days of Boulderado Photos ~ 3rd Floor Porch

This is the last remaining open-air porch at the Hotel Boulderado. When we first opened in 1909, there were porches like this one on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors on the east side. As time wore on, the management realized that travelers were no longer congregating with each other; they were more likely to spend their time on their own, writing a letter, reading a book, etc. So it was decided that the porches would be modified. The fourth floor porch was sealed off entirely. The third floor, which is what you see here, was converted so that it could only be accessed by two guest rooms (304 and 302). The second floor porch was renovated into a function space, The Porch Room.