The Raynolds-McGee Block, a two-story Gothic Revival building completed in 1883, was divided between Frederick A. Raynolds's east half, which housed the Fremont County Bank, and William B. McGee's west half, occupied by the Handy & McGee Mercantile Company. The bank remained there until 1921, and the west half continued to house a series of grocery stores into the 1930s. In 1925 lightning struck the tower's flagpole, and in 1926 the tower was removed as old fashioned. In 1982 the tower was replicated and replaced, and in 2001 a Colorado State Historical Fund grant supported additional restoration. The McClure House, a three-story hotel that took two years to build, opened in October 1874 with a dining room and 66 rooms. It also housed the Fremont County Bank on the first floor and a few businesses in the basement. In 1900 a group of English investors bought the building, renamed it the Strathmore, and installed an elevator and steam heat. It became known as one of the finest establishments in southern Colorado, but by the 1980s it was showing its age and was no longer used as a hotel, though businesses including a drugstore, printing office, barbershop, and saloons continued to operate there. The Strathmore/McClure is listed on the National Register of Historic Properties.