The Brown Palace Hotel

The Brown Palace Hotel is a AAA Four Diamond hotel located in the cultural and financial heart of downtown Denver, Colorado. Over the years legendary guests such as Ike, Churchill, and the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson have passed through the doors of The Brown Palace Hotel. The "Unsinkable" Molly Brown even stayed here just a week after the Titanic disaster. Guests of The Brown Palace Hotel still include many entrepreneurs, legislators, presidents and foreign officials.

During the early days of the Brown Palace Hotel, it is told that a tunnel once connected the hotel with the Navarre building across the street, a combined gambling den and brothel. Another legend is told of a Denver socialite who lived in guest room 904 for fifteen years (1940-1955). Many years later when The Brown Palace Hotel began offering tours, the story of her life and heartbreak over a lost love were told to visitors. Strangely, the switchboard began receiving calls from room 904. But this was impossible, as at the time, the room was undergoing renovation and had no furnishings, lights, carpet, or telephone lines. Before long, the story was eliminated from the tour and the telephone calls from room 904 stopped coming. There are many ghost stories told of this hotel, from visions of a stringed quarter to an apparition of a man dressed in an old-fashioned train conductor's uniform. Each Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m., the hotel's historian, Julia Kanellos, leads historical tours through The Brown Palace Hotel telling many anecdotes and stories about the people and events that have shaped the history of this landmark hotel which first opened its doors in 1892.

Although The Brown Palace Hotel may be surrounded by modern skyscrapers, the reputation of the grand hotel is no less than it was over a century ago. The Brown Palace Hotel is a national treasure and a charter member of National Trust Historical Hotels of America.