Winks Panorama
Former hotel in Colorado catering to African-Americans in Pinecliffe, Colorado. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Winks Panorama, also known as Winks Lodge, was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado catering to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills Country Club, which was at the time the only African-American resort in the western United States. The Lincoln Hills club was organized in 1922, selling lots with payments as low as $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. The lodge was built by Obrey Wendell "Winks" Hamlet in 1928. Hamlet had been involved in the original club project, and had been assembling land for a lodge since 1925. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 caused many lots in Lincoln Hills to be abandoned, but Hamlet promoted the lodge nationally through advertisements in Ebony and attracted a clientele from the eastern United States.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | SW of Pinecliffe, Pinecliffe vicinity, CO |
| County | Gilpin County |
| Listed | Mar 28, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80000901 |
| Type of place | hotel |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | SW of Pinecliffe, Pinecliffe, CO |
| Coordinates | 39.92100, -105.45737 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Rocky Mountain National Park · 33 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Kelly Dahl 2 mi · Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt Nf (Co) 6 mi · Pickle Gulch 6 mi |
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Nearby in Gilpin County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80000901. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.