Fort Collins
The Armstrong Hotel
A 1923 hotel for the auto-touring boom on College Avenue, then the main Denver-to-Wyoming road; the local AAA kept an office here.
- Built
- 1923Built 1923 as a hotel for automobile-era tourism, with 40 guest rooms and two dining rooms seating 182 (NRHP nomination).
- Style
- Early Commercial
- Architect
- Lester L. Jones
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The Armstrong was built in 1923 in response to the tourism boom spurred by the automobile. It opened with 40 guest rooms and two large dining rooms seating 182, and the local AAA chapter kept an office in the building. At three stories it was one of the tallest buildings downtown and the last hotel built in downtown Fort Collins. College Avenue was the main Denver-to-Wyoming route until the interstate was completed in the 1950s, after which motels went up east of town near I-25.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 259 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.