Tag: Spencer Penrose
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Major gifts, famous artists behind the Fine Arts Center’s historic permanent collection
For the next year the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College will spotlight the “Gifts That Shape Us,” a special look at the top works of art, the donors and acquisitions that helped make the museum what it is today, leading into the future. The museum’s Lane East Gallery at 30 W. Dale…
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Bears, golf and The Broadmoor: A tradition with deep roots continues at the U.S. Senior Open
In the storied annals of The Broadmoor, it seems only fitting that historians recall a black bear and a golf course from the very beginning. To be sure, hotel founder Spencer Penrose carried an affinity for both. In 1916, two years before he would open his Grand Dame of the Rockies, Penrose received a black…
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‘I can’t imagine anything luckier’: Colorado Springs locals remember Ski Broadmoor
Whenever he’s back in Colorado Springs, Steve Wilmot’s gaze turns south to Cheyenne Mountain, to the pair of wide lanes running down the mountain’s foot — especially visible after snowfall. “I look all the time,” Wilmot, 72, says from his home now in Fort Collins. “It’s a bit sad. I think that’s the emotion I…
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The colorful history and man behind Pikes Peak’s old ski area
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ink has not yet faded on the yellowed pages from 1938. They are signatures and addresses from down in Colorado Springs and beyond: New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, North Dakota and elsewhere. The names and places are found in a leather-bound guest book…
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High in Colorado Springs mountains, melodious shrine represents lasting gift
Every hour for 85 years now, a soft, sweet chime has serenaded the hills and meadows of southwest Colorado Springs — for many, a familiar melody from an unfamiliar source. From his post high on the side of Cheyenne Mountain, Dakota Hurst commonly greets surprised, longtime locals. “It’s the No. 1 thing we hear,” he…
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El Pomar marks 85th anniversary by surpassing $700 million in statewide charitable grants, community programs
Few Coloradans alive today knew high-profile community benefactors Julie and Spencer Penrose, but the charitable groundwork the couple laid in the first half of last century is familiar to every generation since. “One thing the trustees try to do every year and with every grant they make is to honor the intent of our donors,…