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Seven Keys Lodge (formerly known as The Baldpate Inn) is a historic hotel located in 
Keys are catalogued in a database, supported by a grant from American History Savers and maintained by rotating curators who offer insight into the collections through a lecture series and blog.
The hotel structurally survived the 2013 Colorado floods, although the road leading to the property, which also connects to local trailheads, was severely damaged due to erosion. The hotel received support from the History Colorado State Historical Fund and Colorado Preservation.
Seven Keys Lodge
The Baldpate Inn
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Estes Park, Colorado
Estes Park () is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urb ...
. It has designations on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. The property has changed hands several times, always under a private family's proprietorship. In 2020, the property was purchased and the new owners changed the name to the Seven Keys Lodge.
History
The hotel was founded in 1917 by Anglo-American brothers Charles Mace (combat and commercial photographer, 1889-1973), and Gordon Mace, and their families. The Inn is known especially two reasons: the hotel was named for the popular mystery novel, play and films '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' by Earl Derr Biggers, and was eventually accepted to be the "true" Baldpate by the author. While the hotel originally gave away keys as curios, today it is known for its collection of more than 20,000 keys, usual, unusual and figurative, that have been offered to the inn by visitors, hotel guests, and dignitaries from all over the world.
Keys are catalogued in a database, supported by a grant from American History Savers and maintained by rotating curators who offer insight into the collections through a lecture series and blog.
The hotel structurally survived the 2013 Colorado floods, although the road leading to the property, which also connects to local trailheads, was severely damaged due to erosion. The hotel received support from the History Colorado State Historical Fund and Colorado Preservation.
Notable Guests
The Seven Keys Lodge has hosted the following persons of note: *Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the ...
* Florence Hedges
* George M. Cohan
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Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudev ...
* Jean Harlow
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* Jack Benny
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success as a violinist on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with ...
* Roy Rogers
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Following early work under his given name, first as a c ...
* Will Rogers
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References
External links
Seven Keys Lodge
The Baldpate Inn
at Roadside America {{DEFAULTSORT:Seven Keys Lodge Estes Park, Colorado Hotels in Colorado Hotels established in 1917 Buildings and structures in Larimer County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado Seven Keys to Baldpate Roosevelt National Forest