Joseph Henry Wood constructed this home between 1916 and 1918 in the Arts and Crafts style, using wood and sandstone quarried from a site near South Creek four miles southwest of Monticello. Ed Thompson supervised the stone cutting, dressing, and laying. The interior doors, panels, wood trim, and exposed beams were made of dark-stained California fir shipped by train to Thompson, Utah, and then brought by wagon to Monticello. Henry and Lillian Wood lived here with their six children until 1923. The Fletcher Hammond family moved into the home in 1924 and remodeled it for use as a hotel, one of the first in San Juan County. Between 1933 and 1936 Jack Nielson owned and operated the hotel and a dairy business on the property. Kenneth and Elizabeth Summers moved here on July 4, 1936, and continued to operate the Hyland Hotel until 1974. Many salesmen, scientists, businessmen, tourists, and teachers enjoyed its home-like atmosphere, inspired by Elizabeth's view that it was "a home first, and a hotel second." The front office was used by visiting doctors to see patients, and the building also served as a community gathering place for more than 50 years.