Winks Panorama

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Winks Panorama
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Nearest city Pinecliffe, Colorado
Coordinates 39°55′16″N105°27′25″W / 39.92111°N 105.45694°W / 39.92111; -105.45694
Built1925
ArchitectWendall Hamlet
NRHP reference No. 80000901  (original)
13001035
100009805 (NHL designation) (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1980 [1]
Boundary increaseOctober 15, 2014
Designated NHLDecember 11, 2023

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. [2]

Contents

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. [2]

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. [3] It is now owned by the James Beckwourth Mountain Club, which has undertaken restoration of the lodge as a conference center. [4] Winks Panorama was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1980. [1] On December 11, 2023, the United States Department of the Interior designated the lodge a National Historic Landmark. [5] [6]

See also

Other African-American resorts included:

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Calloway, Bertha; Fly, Everette; Barbara Wigfall (1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Winks Panorama". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  3. "Winks Lodge (1928-1965)". African-American History in the West. BlackPast.org. October 31, 2008.
  4. "Wink Hamlet's marvelous legacy". Gilpin County News. October 31, 2008.
  5. "Secretary Haaland designates 18 new sites of natural, historical significance" (Press release). Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of the Interior. December 13, 2023. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  6. "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 12/8/2023 THROUGH 12/15/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2023.