Inter Laken Resort
Year Listed: 2001
County: Lake County
Status: PROGRESS
Context: Hotel/Resort
Date Constructed: 1879
Significance:
Playground for the upper class of Leadville society during Colorado’s mining heyday. The site features a variety of architectural styles, and is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Threat When Listed:
Deterioration
Since Listing:
The site is owned by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), who has instituted a program of converting structures such as these along trails for overnight use by visitors, with Inter Laken at the top of the program's list. The USFS has installed interpretive signage on site and teamed with the Rocky Mountain Heritage Society and the Rocky Mountain Region Heritage Program to undertake a 4-year project to restore buildings at the Inter Laken site. Together, they applied for and were granted funding from the State Historical Fund to conduct on-site repair and renovation. Work began in the summer of 2004, and was recognized by the USDA Forest Service for excellence with the Regional Forester's Honor Award.
Interior and exterior restoration of the Dexter House is nearly complete and will soon be ready for overnight guests, enjoying the beauty and splendor of Twin Lake’s natural environment and the fine craftsmanship of the Dexter House restoration. Future plans include rehabilitating the Hotel, the Hotel Annex, the Laundry Building and the hexagonal outhouse that originally featured leather seats!
For More Information:
E-mail Terri Liestman, Heritage Program Leader for the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, at
tliestman@fs.fed.us
Updated:
October 2009