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The corner at 8th and Grand where Doc Holliday died in 1887 — the Hotel Glenwood burned in 1945; a museum now occupies its footprint
720 Grand Ave, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
The Doc Holliday Collection is free to visit; check with Bullocks Western Wear for current hours
Access
Wheelchair OK
Street-level access in downtown Glenwood Springs; museum is in the basement of Bullocks Western Wear
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1880 · Death site of Doc Holliday, November 8, 1887 · Original Hotel Glenwood destroyed by fire December 14, 1945 · Doc Holliday Collection museum operated by Glenwood Historical Society
The Hotel Glenwood opened at 8th Street and Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs in the 1880s, serving as a center of town life during the region's silver and tourism boom years. Doc Holliday — who had come to Glenwood Springs in May 1887 seeking therapeutic benefit from the hot springs after years living with tuberculosis — checked in at some point during his final months and died there on November 8, 1887. He was 36. A historical marker placed decades later at the site documents this event.
The original Hotel Glenwood was destroyed by fire on December 14, 1945. The building that now stands at 720 Grand Ave, occupied by Bullocks Western Wear, replaced it. The Glenwood Historical Society established the Doc Holliday Collection in the building's basement, presenting artifacts associated with Holliday's time in Glenwood Springs, including a pistol the collection attributes to him.
A historical marker placed by the Historical Marker Database project (HMDB) outside the building documents the Hotel Glenwood's history and Holliday's death. The site is a regular stop on commercial and self-guided ghost tours of Glenwood Springs, drawing visitors who combine it with the cemetery walk to trace Holliday's final months in the town.
Sources
As the documented location where Doc Holliday took his last breath, 8th and Grand occupies a specific place in Glenwood Springs' paranormal narrative — distinct from the cemetery because it is the site of the death itself. Ghost tour guides typically present both locations as paired stops, with the hotel site representing the moment of death and Linwood Cemetery representing the unknown afterlife of the body.
The pistol in the Doc Holliday Collection has attracted specific attention from visitors and investigators who associate personal objects with residual energy. The Historical Society presents the artifact in straightforward historical terms, but the proximity of the claim to Holliday's documented presence makes the object a recurring element in paranormal accounts of the site.
No formal paranormal investigation of the museum space has been publicly documented, and commercial ghost tours treat the exterior marker as the primary stop rather than the interior collection.
Notable Entities
A small museum operated by the Glenwood Historical Society in the basement of Bullocks Western Wear at 720 Grand Ave — the documented address of the Hotel Glenwood where Doc Holliday died on November 8, 1887. The collection includes a pistol believed to be Holliday's and artifacts from his final months in Glenwood Springs.
A historical marker on the exterior of 720 Grand Ave (8th and Grand) documents the Hotel Glenwood that burned on December 14, 1945, and its significance as the place where Doc Holliday died. The site is included on multiple self-guided historic Glenwood Springs walking routes.
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