Built in 1913–14, it was part of the town's early 20th-century building boom, the result of new railroad and road connections.

Local investors engaged the Baerresen Brothers of Cheyenne and Denver as architects, and contractor Edward Reavill erected the three-story brick structure.

The U-shaped hotel is on a corner lot at the intersection of North Second and Walnut Streets in downtown Douglas.

Projecting wings facing Walnut Street flank a recessed courtyard that accommodates the hotel's entrance.

[2] The hotel's name was chosen for its association with bountifulness, and in honor of the reputed first resident of Converse County, Pierre LaBonte.