HOUSE. >> Reporter: NOW, NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE KEY SWING STATES THIS NOVEMBER. TRUMP HAS A STRONG HISTORY THERE, WINNING BOTH IN 2016 AND 2020. >>> EVEN AS THE YEARS PASS, PIECES OF COLORADO HISTORY ARE FINDING WAYS TO EVOLVE ALONG WITH THE TIMES. >> OFTEN TIMES, CHANGES ARE MADE FOR A MORE MODERN AUDIENCE. YOUR REPORTER IN THE MOUNTAINS, SPENCER WILSON, TAKES US INSIDE THE FORMER HOTEL DENVER IN GLENWOOD SPRINGS. >> Reporter: IT IS A THOUGHTFUL BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING THE OLD CHARACTER AND CHARM OF THE BUILDING WHILE ALSO BRINGING THINGS UP TO THE MODERN ERA WITH CONVENIENCE. PERFECTLY EXEMPLIFIED BID -- BY THIS ROTARY PHONE WHICH DOES WORK, BUT HAS BUTTONS INSTEAD OF A SPINNER. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU SAW ON YOUR WAY INTO GLENWOOD SPRINGS -- THE HOTEL DEN WORDS -- DENVER SIGNED. A STAPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD JUST ACROSS FROM THE TRAIN STATION, YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP BACK IN TIME. >> WE HAD ANTIQUES EVERYWHERE, THE BED IS ANTIQUES, THE DRESSER IS ANTIQUES, EVERYTHING IS ANTIQUE, WHICH IS GORGEOUS, BUT NOT QUITE EVERYONE'S TASTE. >> Reporter: ROGER SMITH OVERSAW THE CHANGES TO MAKE THIS HOTEL LESS OF A MUSEUM AND MORE OF A HOSPITALITY DRAW. >> WE HAVE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERY FUN 30, 40 YEARS AGO, NOT SO FUN TODAY, SO I WAS REALLY PROUD WE TOUCHED ON THAT. >> Reporter: THE KEY, HE SAYS, IS FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN CHANGING TOO MUCH AND CHANGING TOO LITTLE. THE FORMER SIGN THAT HUNG OUT FRONT NOW ADORNS THE LOBBY, WATCHING OVER THE NEW AGE OF THIS HOTEL. >> THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK IS STILL HERE, THE GUEST LEDGES ARE STILL HERE, THERE IS FUN HISTORY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, HOLDING ONTO THAT HISTORICAL CHARM WHILE AGAIN PRESENTING THAT MORE LUXURIOUS ENVIRONMENT. >> Reporter: IF YOU ARE FEELING DOWN ABOUT THE MAXWELL ANDERSON HOTEL NOW TAKING OVER THE NAME OF THE DENVER HOTEL, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FOR YOU. IT IS NOW THE SIXTH RENAMING THAT THIS HOTEL HAS BEEN THROUGH, DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE STAR HOTEL AT THE VERY BEGINNING.