Colorado Springs
The Broadmoor
Spencer Penrose's 1918 Warren & Wetmore resort below Cheyenne Mountain. Many of its 784 rooms are in later buildings; ask for the main building.
- Built
- 1918Main hotel building begun May 20, 1917 and opened June 29, 1918 for Spencer and Julie Penrose; designed by Warren & Wetmore.
- Architect
- Warren & Wetmore
- Type
- Resort
- Rooms
- 784
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Philadelphia mining millionaire Spencer Penrose bought the Broadmoor casino, hotel and 450 adjoining acres on May 9, 1916. He hired New York’s Warren & Wetmore to design the new resort and Donald Ross for its first 18-hole golf course, and spent more than $2 million before it opened on June 29, 1918. After Penrose died in 1939 his El Pomar Foundation ran the resort until selling it to The Oklahoma Publishing Company in 1988. Arnold Palmer helped design its third golf course in 1976.
Good to know
- Address: 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.