It was built in 1907 as the railroad arrived in Centennial in the declining years of a gold mining boom.

The hotel was part of a community development plan to develop businesses that did not depend on mining.

featured 20 rooms and three baths, but the bathrooms were originally located in a separate stable building.

The hotel was bought by Gustav and Anna Sundby in 1914, who operated the hotel into the 1940s.

In the 1950s the hotel became an apartment house.