Ouray
St. Elmo Hotel
A miners' hotel built by Kittie Heit, who ran the Bon Ton restaurant next door; the hotel dates its opening to April 1898.
- Built
- 1898The hotel says Catherine 'Kittie' Heit built it in 1898 and that the Ouray Herald announced its opening on April 21, 1898; the 1983 NRHP district nomination says 1899.
- Style
- Victorian commercial (two-story brick)
- Type
- Inn
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Kittie Heit, who ran the Bon Ton restaurant in a frame building next door, built the hotel, and it originally catered to miners. After her death in 1915 it passed through several owners. Stucco covered the original brick front from the 1950s until the owners removed it in 1982, uncovering the brick, and the building was renovated under federal tax-act incentives.
Good to know
- Address: 426 Main St., Ouray, CO 81427
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.