The Hotel Wisnor, named for prominent Chickasaw citizen Benjamin Wisnor Carter, was built on this site in 1884 as the first and finest hotel of its kind in Indian Territory. The three-story brick and stone building had 50 rooms and was the first to advertise a room with bath, with the bathtub and plumbing fixtures fully visible in the corner of the room. Guests arriving by train were driven up Main Street to the entrance on Springer Street, now Washington, in a stagecoach trimmed in bright red and yellow. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1889. The property and hotel were owned by Charles D. Carter, Serena Guy Carter, and Solomon E. Jackson, and after Jackson's death his interest was purchased by Deputy Marshal David E. Booker. In 1903 the Carter-Booker Building was erected here and housed offices for the Cotton Exchange as well as independent buyers, and many foreign agents came there to arrange purchase and shipping of cotton. Charles D. Carter became the District's first representative to Congress after Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907 and held that position until his death in 1929, while maintaining his office and part-time residence in the Carter-Booker Building. Carter County, Carter Seminary, and Carter Street were named for this pioneer family. As soil depletion, oil production, and ranching reduced the cotton market, the building's occupants changed, although the Cotton Exchange kept an office until after 1935 and the last cotton broker remained until 1963. With the coming of World War Two, the upper story was converted to apartments while varied retail businesses continued on the ground floor. Over time the building deteriorated and the upper story was abandoned, until Steve and Penny Wells purchased it in 1994 and began an extensive renovation and restoration to return it as closely as possible to its original design, with eight luxury apartments on the second floor and multiple-use facilities at street level, incorporating existing architectural features and salvageable components.