In 1883, A. H. "Dick" Stump, who would later become Grantsville's first Mayor, and his wife, Druscilla Ball Stump, built a house a block from the Courthouse on Main Street in Grantsville. By 1885, they had turned their home into a hotel, and in 1897 they added a two-story, 10-12 room rear addition that gave it an L-shaped appearance. The expansion reflected Grantsville's growing population and economic activity, including timbering, oil and gas exploration, the Cabot Carbon Black Factory, then the largest in the world, and a booming gas boat building industry, as the town served as a commercial hub in the Little Kanawha Valley. After Dick and Druscilla died, their daughter, Miss Nettie Stump, operated the hotel until 1919, when she closed it and it became a private residence again. In the 1930's, the addition was detached, moved to the back of the lot, and turned to face Mill Street as a boarding house, before being dismantled in the late 1950's. In the years after World War II, the main house was remodeled into offices on both floors and an apartment, with exterior changes that included shingles, brick porch posts, and an outside stairway, and the building eventually fell into disuse. In 1999, through the efforts of Congressman Alan Mollohan and the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, the hotel, the adjacent Quality Shop, and the rear portions of both properties to Mill Street were acquired by the Calhoun County Historical Society from Dr. Charles Albert Stump, great-grandson of Dick and Druscilla, for use as a county museum. The first phase of work stabilized and preserved the exterior by removing post-World War II remodeling, adding a new roof, porch, and siding, and doing foundation work. In 2015, restoration of the interior began with the kitchen, dining room, and lobby, where society members found layers of original wallpaper, 1890's newspapers, muslin wall covering, smudging on the downstairs ceilings, and wall boards as wide as 15 inches.