Most of the four-story building, erected in 1910 as a downtown office building, has been vacant for more than 50 years — and it shows, with crumbling plaster ceilings, grime-coated floors and deteriorating plywood in the windows. … Their plans now, [Mark] Davenport said, are to convert the building into a boutique hotel. “It will be like a hotel style, but unique to the building,” Davenport said. “So, not like a hotel chain vibe, but it will present the history and character of the building in the décor and design of the building.” The first floor housed some retail space. Its last tenant, Classic Barber Shop, moved out in 2010 after Davis advised he was marketing the building. The second through fourth floors were all offices, though they’ve been vacant since the 1960s, when the building’s elevator was shut down. “There was a lot of history there,” Davenport said. “It’s still there.”
Source: Hutchinson News
