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Phantasmal Crime. Mining and railroads transformed Denver, from a small town on the plains to a regional metropolis.

Hotels were a necessity for the influx of business people and tourists.

We featured the history and hauntings of the Brown Palace Hotel on the main feed several months ago,

and the man who designed that hotel, Frankie Edbrook also designed the Oxford Hotel. This is the oldest

hotel in Denver, Colorado, and has been home and witness to decades of history. One piece of that

history was a murder that took place in room 320. That room is now known as the murder room, and of course, the third largest city in the west.

By 1890, 100 different railroads had their hub in Denver, and these railways

flowed up into the mountains or out into the plains. In 1891, three men decided that the city needed

a first-class hotel within walking distance of Union Station. These men were entrepreneur and owner

of Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company,

and Zhang Realty and Investment Company, also a brewery, Adolf Zhang,

president of Quartz and Feldhouser Carpet Company, Philip Feldhouser,

and banker William Migat.

The Oxford Hotel was built at 1612, 17th Street, out of red brick and in the shape of a U. U. It rose five stories and had 400 rooms, which proved to not be enough, so an addition

was built to add 50 more rooms. The hotel was a high-end establishment that boasted steam

heating, electric and gas lighting, and its own power plant.

The hotel had two vertical railways as well, which was the term for the elevator at the time.

The elevator would carry guests all the way to the roof for a bird's-eye view of the city.

The hotel advertised as being fireproof. Rooms cost $2 with a bath or

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