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DENVER

Built in 1892, Brown Palace is a cherished Denver landmark which has delivered first-rate service throughout its history. It features 241 guest rooms and suites, five restaurants, and a spa.

Historic significance: Popular with high-ranking politicians, Brown Palace has welcomed Theodore Roosevelt (1905 and 1912), Warren Harding (1923), Woodrow Wilson, Harry S Truman, William Howard Taft and Dwight D Eisenhower. The latter is recorded as have struck a wayward golf ball in what is today the Eisenhower Suite, leaving a dent visible on the mantelpiece. The hotel also proved popular with European royalty and aristocrats of the early twentieth century.

COLORADO SPRINGS

Rated as one of the most romantic hotels in the United States, The Cliff House at Pike�s Peak began life as a stagecoach stop. Built in 1873, the 55-room and suite hotel proudly boasts that it was taking in visitors before Colorado was even a state.

Historic significance: Famous guests of yesteryear include William Henry Jackson, P.T Barnum, Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS

A replica of the Villa de Medici, the construction of the Hotel Colorado began in 1891 and took two years to complete. Today, the hotel once dubbed �The Little White House of the West� remains faithful to its 19th Century Italian style inside and out.

Historic significance: Popular with the rich and powerful since day one, it is the hotel�s connection with the �teddy bear� for which it is most famous. Indeed, it is likely that it was here that the famous children�s toy was invented � President �Teddy� Roosevelt being presented with a stuffed toy bear by staff during a visit in 1905. Other notable visitors include William Howard Taft (1909), and the �unsinkable� Molly Brown after whom one of the suites is named.

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Colombia

WASHINGTON

Located across from the White House and Lafayette Park, the existing building was constructed relatively recently (1928). With 145 rooms and suites, its position in the nation�s capital ensures it remains popular with business and leisure visitors alike.

Historic significance: The present hotel is located on the exact site of houses once belonging to John Hay (Secretary of State and former assistant to Abraham Lincoln) and Henry Adams. Since becoming a hotel, it has welcomed numerous high-profile figures including aviators Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.

WASHINGTON

Only two blocks away from the White House, the Italian Renaissance-style St. Regis Hotel has remained popular with visiting dignitaries since opening in 1926. It boasts 150 recently redesigned guest rooms and 25 suites

Historic significance: It is said that every President since Calvin Coolidge (who cut the ceremonial ribbon at its opening) has visited the St. Regis.

WASHINGTON

Built as recently as 1930, the Omni-Shoreham is a truly grand hotel. Boasting no fewer than 834 guest rooms and suites, the building is located on eleven acres in Rock Creek Park.

Omni-Shoreham Hotel

Historic significance: The hotel proudly says that it has been the temporary home of �heads of state, diplomats and dignitaries of many countries�, and it is known to have been fitted with special ramps and elevators in 1933 specifically to meet the requirements of President Franklin D Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON

On the National Register of Historic Places, this boutique hotel began life as two houses both built in 1864. Today it boasts 41 guest rooms, 13 suites, and an award-winning restaurant.

Historic significance: The property was purchased by the Women�s Army and Navy League in 1923 and was subsequently used to accommodate enlisted men staying in Washington DC. The military club was traditionally headed by First Ladies with Grace Coolidge being the first to preside.

Brown Palace

The Cliff House at Pike�s Peak

Hotel Colorado

Hay-Adams Hotel

St. Regis

Omni-Shoreham Hotel

Morrison-Clark Hotel

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