Peery Hotel

The state’s only hotel on the National Register of Historic Places opened its doors in 1910 and has been in continuous operation ever since. Like many a Western hotel, the Peery, commissioned by brothers David and Joseph Peery, was built primarily to serve the region’s rapidly expanding business community. The Peery brothers were members of a prominent railroad family, says Kristofer Watson, the hotel’s director of marketing. The hotel, a fine example of Prairie Style architecture, co