Marion · Flint Hills: Marion
Historic Elgin Hotel
The hotel says Marion citizens sold 160 shares at $100 each to build it and that all 12 suites are in the 1886 stone building.
- Built
- 1886Built 1885–86 as a hotel; completed by September 1886.
- Style
- Commercial palace style
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 12
- Price
- $
- Area
- Flint Hills: Marion
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Marion citizens formed a hotel company in July 1885 after failing to attract an outside builder, selling 160 shares at $100 each. The three-story stone hotel was finished by September 1886 at a cost of $25,000 and was the largest in the county. Richard A. Lundgren bought it in 1956 and it closed in 1967; a 1974 buyer planned to demolish it and reuse the stone until funding fell through. Van Anderson reopened it as apartments in 1977, and Jim and Nancy Cloutier restored it as a bed and breakfast that opened in 2009. Jeremy and Tammy Ensey bought it in July 2016 and expanded it to 12 suites.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site free
- No pets
- Address: 115 N. 3rd Street, Marion, KS 66861
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.