A few weeks ago we were in Colorado, and Vincent took me to have dinner at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, where he used to attend the Space Symposium before he retired. This elegant hotel near the Rocky Mountains reminds me of the Bretton Woods grand hotel in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is located 6,230 feet above sea level (almost the same as the height of Mount Washington) and was built in 1918. It is close to Pike's Peak and Cheyenne Mountain.
The unique lantern weathervane over the front lobby of the hotel lights up at night. It's shape reminds me of Aladdin's lamp in the old story from 1,001 Arabian Nights. Scroll down to see this eleven story tower and weathervane in the day, and at night. A lantern is often a symbol of hospitality.
An interesting connection between the Broadmoor Hotel and New Hampshire is the painting of the hotel by Maxfield Parrish. This painting is often reproduced on gift items at the hotel - T shirts, mugs, calendars, magnets, etc. I have a coffee mug with this painting Vincent brought me about 15 years ago. Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966) was born in Philadelphia but lived in Cornish and Plainfield, New Hampshire near the Cornish Art Colony until his death at age 95. The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire has many of his paintings and has held exhibitions of his work.
You can see three of Maxfield Parrish's paintings in the Main Mezzanine, including this painting of the hotel. It is to the right when you ascend the escalator from the main lobby. Parrish was a guest of the Broadmoor Hotel in 1920.
The Broadmoor Hotel website: https://www.broadmoor.com/
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ At the Broadmoor Hotel", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 25, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/09/weathervane-wednesday-at-broadmoor-hotel.html: accessed [access date]).
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