It was originally known as the Grand Hotel and was part of the Thompson Block commissioned by W.S. Thompson in 1882, with construction completed in 1883. According to the website of the still extant hotel, it was the largest structure south of Denver at that time and a "pinnacle of luxury" in the Southwest. Its first floor housed the post office, bank, Bureau of Mines, general store, doctor's office, and Silverton Standard Newspaper. The second floor...