Hotel Meeker - Meeker, CO - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Initially, the hotel and café were housed in an adobe building, which had been used as a military barracks. Charlie Dunbar and Susan Wright were the original partners in 1884. A professional gambler, Charlie was shot and killed during an argument about a card game just a few months after the hotel opened for business. Susan’s brother, Rueben Sanford Ball, went to work for and with his sister in 1891. Susan C. Wright died in March of 1893 after ailing for about a year. She willed her real estate and personal property to her brother. Under Ball’s ownership the new Meeker Hotel was constructed in 1896 at the location of the present historic Meeker Hotel. Eight years later, in 1904, the east and west wings were added. At one time the ground floor of the east wing housed Strehlke Bros. Drug Store, Dr. Bruner’s office and the Colorado Telephone Co. Today, the dining room of the Café is there.

The stone building, which currently houses the Meeker Café, was originally called the Vorges Bldg. and opened for business on May 9, 1891 as Meeker’s new Post Office building. In 1904, it became the 1st National Bank Building and in 1917, Rueben S. Ball moved the café out of the hotel to its present location. In the spring of 1923, the Ball family transferred ownership to Clarence P. and Lucille Mathis, and it has been evolving ever since." (from (visit link) )

"Constructed in 1896, this two-story brick building reflects the characteristics of commercial structures built in small western towns during the late 19th and early 20th centuries." (from (visit link) )

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Street address: 560 Main St. Meeker, CO USA County / Borough / Parish: Rio Blanco Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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