City News
Jason Slowinski, the City Manager, has accepted a job with the School of Mines. City Council will begin a recruitment process to hire his replacement. Learn more….
Real World Events
10AM-5PM Opening: Members’ Show and Power of Process: A Jeffco Student Exhibition @ Foothills Art Center
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
7PM Guerrilla Radio with The Strange Parade @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
7:30PM Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
10AM-10:30PM UllrGrass Festival @ Parfet Park
11AM-2PM Kyle O’Brien @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4-7PM Roots and Rhythm Band @ Goosetown Station
5-8PM Good For Nothin Thunder Mountain Boys @ Over Yonder
7-10PM Jon Eric Farmer @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
7PM Guerrilla Radio with The Strange Parade @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
Golden History Moment
97 Years Ago
The January 29, 1925 Colorado Transcript announced the grand opening of Golden’s new hotel. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Berry, had sponsored a contest to name the new venture, and the winner was “Berrimoor.”
Golden was on a modernization binge in the 1920s. They paved Washington Avenue, cleaned up the city dump and built Parfet Park in its place, and built a new high school at 10th and Washington. The Bella Vista Hotel, long considered a large, embarrassing failure, was demolished in 1920. This left the city hoping to attract a modern hotel. The Berrimoor fit the bill.
The ground floor of the Berrimoor contained two restaurants–a cafe to the right (north) and a sandwich shop/soda fountain on the left. The hotel, with its 24 guest rooms, was located on the second floor. A central room contained comfortable furniture, a fireplace, and a piano. The kitchen was a marvel of modernity, with all electric appliances. The basement included the laundry, heating plant, refrigeration plant, the switchboards, and a “potato cellar.”
The 1920s were a tough time to be starting a business, and by 1929 the hotel was in receivership. It went through a number of owners and names over the next couple of decades, but in 1948 it was purchased by Lu Holland and renamed The Holland House. That was a going concern for many years. It closed in 1987, and was reopened at the Table Mountain Inn in 1999.
Berrimoor – Cody – Wright – Golden – LaRay
Holland – Table Mountain Inn
1925 – The Hotel Berrimoor opened. The owner left the business in 1928 and by 1929 the hotel was in receivership.
1932 – Reopened as the Cody Hotel. The Transcript reported that “A neon sign with the name superimposed on a huge cowboy hat is now being manufactured.” The sign was installed on March 10, 1932.
1937 – The Transcript referred to it as The Wright Hotel.
1939 – A Mrs. Higbie bought the hotel from Mr. Wright and renamed it the Golden Hotel.
1943 – the Hibbards bought it from the Golden Savings & Loan and named it the LaRay Hotel.
1948 – The hotel was purchased by Lu Holland and renamed The Holland House. The Holland House closed in 1987.
1991 – The Table Mountain Inn opened. In 1999, it expanded from 32 rooms to 74.
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. You can contribute to the cost of the digitizing project with a donation to the Golden History Museum.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
