{{Short description|Historic hotel in Central City, Colorado, United States}} {{For|the Hudson Valley home once known as the ''Teller House''|Madam Brett Homestead}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Teller House | nrhp_type = | image = Teller House Central City CO.jpg | caption = | location = Eureka St., Central City, Colorado | coordinates = {{coord|39|48|3|N|105|30|46|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Colorado#USA | built = 1872 | architecture = Romanesque | added = January 18, 1973 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 73000475 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> }} '''Teller House''' is a historic hotel in Central City, Colorado. Built in 1872, the building now serves as a restaurant.
The bar at the Teller House is well known for ''The Face on the Barroom Floor'', a painting of a woman's face on the wooden floor, done in 1936 by local artist Herndon Davis, as a joke after being fired by the Teller House.<ref>Mike Flanigan, "Out west," ''Denver Post Magazine'', February 10, 1985, p.18.</ref>
The building opened in 1991 as a casino, which operated until 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Let the games begin|newspaper=Denver Post|author=Claire Martin|date=October 1, 1991|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB1D1D30B37201D&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Teller House casino closes|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|location=Denver, CO|author=Erika Gonzalez|date=February 26, 2000|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB4E080439472B6&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> A new management company reopened the casino in 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2005 |title=Teller House in Central City becomes casino |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/02/07/daily61.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Denver Business Journal}}</ref> but it closed again later that year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Central City's doors stick shut|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|location=Denver, CO|author=Joanne Kelley|date=February 18, 2005|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F10857921C3627950&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Teller House slots shut down amid boom in Central City|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|location=Denver, CO|author=Joanne Kelley|date=July 13, 2005|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F10B5403C53D44B40&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref>
thumb|left|Inside the Teller House{{Clear}}
==See also== *List of casinos in Colorado *National Register of Historic Places listings in Gilpin County, Colorado
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==External links== {{sister project links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080808142221/http://coloradoeats.com/ktrouge/index.html Rouge Steakhouse at The Teller House - Central City, CO] *[http://www.westernmininghistory.com/gallery/colorado/central-city/modern/towns/1/detail-2146.php Teller House - Central City photo]
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Category:Central City, Colorado Category:Casinos in Colorado Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Category:Restaurants in Colorado Category:Hotels established in 1872 Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Colorado Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1872 Category:Buildings and structures in Gilpin County, Colorado Category:1872 establishments in Colorado Territory Category:National Register of Historic Places in Gilpin County, Colorado Category:Defunct casino hotels in Colorado
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