The Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado
Opened in 1892, the Brown Palace Hotel was professed to be the first fireproof building west of the Mississippi. The hotel endured for a century as Denvers landmark lodging, but by the mid-1990s it was in need of an overhaul. Assigned with the task was designer Deborah Lloyd Forrest, who updated the hotel's vast Art Deco staterooms and the presidential suites. The suite named for Dwight Eisenhower features the blues, golds, and greens favored by the former U.S. president, who, during an eight-week stay at the Brown Palace in 1955, used the hotel as his summer White House. Today, the upgrades continue at the Brown Palace, which currently is updating the bathrooms in the majority of its 241 guest rooms. ($280-$1,500) 303.297.3111, www.brownpalace.com
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