Astor
House Museum - Golden, Colorado
Located in Golden, the Astor house was built in 1867 by Seth Lake, a man
who had become rich from the mining activity around Golden City. Lake
"spared no pains or  expense"
in making his new hotel "the handsomest as well as the most substantial
hotel building in Colorado." He used horse-drawn stone barges to
move the stone necessary to make the walls of the hotel 18 inches thick.
The Astor House was built next door to the Territorial Capital, where
Senators met until the following yearwhen the Legislature moved to Denver
City.
 The
Astor House now serves as one of the few museums portraying turn-of-the-century
frontier boarding house life.
For more information call (303) 278-3557
The Astor
House Museum Website
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