Built on this site in 1882, the Miners Inn was the first hotel in Corning. Gustavus Liersch purchased it in 1884, and it burned to the ground 15 years later in the Great Fire of July 5th, 1899, along with the rest of Corning. Gus Liersch rebuilt it the following year, 1900. It was rebuilt again and modernized in 1927 by Otto Liersch. California miners traveling by rail to the gold fields of Weaverville and French Gulch most often stayed there, where well furnished rooms with attendants cost one or two dollars a day, meals were offered at all hours with the finest ingredients the markets had to offer, and free transport to and from the train station was provided to patrons.