Winks Panorama
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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.[1]
The hillside lodge used local stone for the foundation, with a three-story shingled superstructure. The first floor was for service and storage, the second for dining and entertainment, and the third included six guest rooms and a shared bath. Several cabins surrounded the main lodge, including a honeymoon cabin and a tavern.[1]
Prominent guests included Count Basie, Billy Eckstein, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
The lodge operated until Winks' death in 1965.[2] It is now owned by the James Beckwourth Mountain Club, which has undertaken restoration of the lodge as a conference center.[3] Winks Panorama was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1980.[4] On December 11, 2023, the United States Department of the Interior designated the lodge a National Historic Landmark.[5][6]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gilpin County, Colorado
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
Other African-American resorts included:
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External links
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- Denver Urban Spectrum article on Winks Lodge and Lincoln Hills
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- Hotel buildings completed in 1928
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
- Buildings and structures in Gilpin County, Colorado
- Defunct hotels in the United States
- African-American history of Colorado
- African-American cultural history
- 1928 establishments in Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places in Gilpin County, Colorado
- National Historic Landmarks in Colorado