Designed by architect John V. Bennes and built in 1919, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[2] Measuring 62 by 126 feet (19 by 38 m) at ground level, the hotel covers nearly all of the downtown lot on which it rests.

As of 1982, it was the largest and tallest commercial structure in the city.

[2] The three-story building is made of hollow clay tile and concrete with stucco facades and frameless windows.

The architecturally plain hotel had little exterior or interior decoration; however, the rooms on the second and third floors were capacious, and three-fourths of them had private baths.