Victor
Victor Hotel
The Woods brothers' 1899 brick and stone 'Bank Block,' built after fire swept Victor; lore says its ghost, 'Eddie,' fell down the elevator shaft.
- Built
- 1899Rebuilt in brick and stone in 1899 as the 'Bank Block' after the August 1899 fire destroyed the first (1894) wooden Victor Hotel; NRHP significant year 1899.
- Style
- Italianate
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Woods Brothers built the first Victor Hotel, a two-story wooden building with a cone-shaped tower, in 1894. When fire swept Victor in August 1899, they rebuilt in brick and stone as the larger ‘Bank Block’, which housed the hotel, the Woods Brothers Investment Company and the First National Bank. The hotel says it keeps one of the last working birdcage elevators west of the Mississippi.
The ghost story
Hotel lore says that in winters when the ground was frozen, bodies were carried up the elevator and stored on the fourth floor until spring, and that those residents haunt it today. The most-reported ghost is 'Eddie', a man said to have fallen down the elevator shaft.
Source: victorhotelcolorado.com
Good to know
- Elevator
- Address: 4th Street and Victor Avenue, Victor, CO 80860
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.