Strater Hotel

The Strater Hotel, in Durango, Colorado, is a historical hotel that opened in 1887 at the height of the American Gilded Age.^[2] Among its notable guests throughout its history are President Gerald Ford, Will Rogers, writer Louis L’Amour, the Grateful Dead, and astronauts from the Apollo missions.^[2]

Strater Hotel
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The Strater Hotel in 2010
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Location	Main Ave., Durango, Colorado
Coordinates	37.271119°N 107.881799°W / 37.271119; -107.881799
Built	1887
Architectural style	Late Victorian
Part of	Main Avenue Historic District (ID80000907[1])
Designated CP	August 7, 1980

It has been a charter member of the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America since 1989.^[3] The Strater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in Durango's Main Avenue Historic District.^[4] It was named a national literary historical landmark in 2012 by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations.^[5] The hotel's Diamond Belle bar saloon features bartenders and waitresses who are dressed in historic costume.^[6]