Fairplay Hotel
Park County
The 1922 Fairplay Hotel is the largest and longest lived hotel in town. The hotel has provided accommodations and meals for travelers, tourists, sportsmen, workers, and the local community to the present day. With ample public rooms and a central location (Fairplay is the county seat), the Fairplay Hotel has hosted a variety of meetings and functions such as dances and wedding receptions, as well as fraternal, livestock, and other local organizations.
Fairplay Hotel (ca. 1930's photograph.)
The hotel is as a well-preserved example of the Rustic style, popular for tourist lodges and hotels in the mountain towns of Colorado during the early 20th century. With its clipped gable roof, false thatch, bracketed overhanging eaves, battered stone porch piers, and river rock foundation, the building reflects Arts and Crafts features prominent in this style. The work of master architect William N. Bowman, this is his only known work done in the Rustic style. Other buildings credited to him include the National Register-listed Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building in downtown Denver and the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley.