At this point in Woodland's history, there were many tourists and visitors to the city, and this prosperity prompted the plans years earlier for an upscale hotel, to come to fruition.

[3][4] The hotel was completed with four stories, 80 guest rooms, and was built reflecting a simplified California Churrigueresque style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.

The building's lobby features 2,000 square feet (190 m2) of cement floor, meant to appear like Mexican tile, wrought iron chandeliers and "beamed, stenciled ceilings".

Because of its visibility on Main Street, as well as its beauty, it was one of the buildings that contributed to the splendor of Downtown Woodland.

Main Street merchants and city residents all agreed that something had to be done to the building, either to demolish it or to renovate it.