Built in 1852 by Alonzo Green and James Lane, the City Hotel was constructed of adobe, slate, and brick. It operated as a family hotel, with a saloon, billard room, and dining room on the first floor, and private rooms and parlors upstairs. The building originally had a flat roof, and a gabled roof was added in the 1890s. During its heyday as a hotel from 1852 to 1896, all stagecoach lines stopped there, and its dining room was a favorite of locals and travelers alike. Restored by Marvin E. Freeman in 1985, it is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.