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The ambiance of the Inn and it's guest rooms is that of an early 20th Century urban Colorado Inn - rich woods and moldings, large stone fireplaces with copper trim, tall windows draped in heavy chenille and lobby great chairs in plaids and tweeds.
The Entry Parlor and Gathering Room walls are hand painted aged parchment, with English Hunt Club patterned carpeting from Brintons of London.
Guest Rooms are in muted earth tones - softly lit moss greens, corals, or taupes - with coordinating drapery, upholstery and bed coverings. Each guest room is appointed with fine home furnishings, thick plush pillowtop king or queen size mattresses with down comforters and fine bed linens. All guest rooms have mosaic tile and marble private baths with showers and jetted whirlpool tubs. Robes and hairdryers also provided. Working gas log fireplaces are in each guest room except Lori's Room.
Guest room furnishings and upholstery were selected from the Arnold Palmer Home Collection, or Bob Timberlake and Nautica Collections of fine home furnishings. Each guest room is uniquely designed and comfortably appointed to give its guests the warmth and feel of pleasant home surroundings. Teddy bears are on every bed.
Digital phones, high-speed DSL wireless internet connections, and desks are in-room conveniences for business guests. Cable TV is provided by a Liquid Crystal projection system onto a large screen pulled from the ceiling in each guest room. Music is also available either on our channel or your room CD player. Each guest room also has a refrigerator/freezer (which we stock with a bag of ice) and a setups tray with champagne and wine glasses, corkscrew and ice bucket. Heat and air conditioning is individually room controlled.
The long veranda with its five ceiling fans offers a perfect place to sit on a summer's eve and enjoy the company of other guests, the view of the city skyline, and the Inn's gardens. Or perhaps the second floor deck would be a quiet refuge for outdoor conversation.
A full breakfast is served each morning at separate dining tables in our Gathering Room. Shuttle service is available to and from Denver International and ample off-street secure parking is provided.
History
What started as a renovation of two twin homes as wings of a larger structure in the Historic Curtis Park neighborhood, the oldest in Denver, ended up as a reconstruction project of the homes due to their irreparable deterioration. All details of the original homes were carefully duplicated, as they are on The National Register of Historic Places. Now, even former residents of the original homes have to be convinced that the structure is entirely new! In 1954, the home was noted for being the last in Denver to convert to electricity from gas lighting. Today, the home is on the leading edge of fiber optic communications, high-speed computer link ups, and liquid crystal television projection systems.
Fascinating to our guests, too, is the mysterious lone gravestone marker under a spreading locust tree on the grounds. Kate A. Priole, Born: Aug. 15, 1886, two years after construction of the home; Died: Dec. 16, 1905 at age 19. Why is only the young girl buried there and not her family? The speculations abound, and we leave the mystery to the imaginative minds of our guests.
You've Probably Already Seen The Inn
Several TV commercials and Network news magazine interviews have used the Gregory Inn as location. For the cameras, Billie Mays has cleaned our bathrooms with "KaBoom", polished our parlor bookcase with "Almond Glo", and washed our laundry (not really ours) with "Oxy Clean". The Inn often hosts the casts of Broadway road show productions like Cabaret and Fosse, and recently hosted “What if Colorado´ reality show.
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