Historic Inns

Fort Scott ยท Southeast: Fort Scott

Courtland Hotel & Spa

The 1906 Ohio Block in downtown Fort Scott, breakfast included. Book a numbered room, not a Wood unit.

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Built
1906Built 1906 as the Ohio Block (Hornaday-Howard Building), a commercial block with lodging rooms upstairs; later the Courtland Hotel.
Style
Renaissance
Type
Inn
Price
$
Area
Southeast: Fort Scott
Credentials
Inside a National Register historic district

The story

The two-story brick Ohio Block went up in 1906, and its date and name still appear on the parapet. A 1909 city directory listed the Gem Hotel here among a Wells Fargo office, a tailor and a steam laundry, and Q. L. Cooper ran a restaurant, boarding house and second-floor lodging rooms. The building later housed the Courtland Hotel. Barbara Kelly bought the neglected building in 1993, rewired it, gave the guest rooms private baths and turned it into a bed and breakfast. It now runs as the Courtland Hotel & Spa.

Good to know

  • Breakfast: included
  • Address: 121 E. 1st Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.