Named after Pueblo newspaperman John E Vail, the hotel constructed in 1910 was considered to be the most modern hotel west of Chicago at that time.

[3] The Housing Authority of the City of Pueblo bought the building in 1979.

The agency then extensively refurbished the property, preserving its historic elements.

The building's current use is public housing units for the elderly and disabled.

This article about a property in Colorado on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.