Jackson
The Wort Hotel
John and Jess Wort's 1941 Tudor Revival hotel near Town Square; its guest floors were rebuilt to the original design after a 1980 fire.
- Built
- 1941Built and opened 1941 by Charles Wort's sons John and Jess; the 1950 gambling-room addition matched the original. The August 5, 1980 fire badly damaged the second floor and roof, which were rebuilt to the original design (with a few added rooms over the 1950 wing).
- Style
- Tudor Revival (half-timbered)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Homesteader Charles J. Wort arrived in Jackson Hole in 1893 and dreamed of a fine hotel; his sons John and Jess opened the Wort in 1941 as the valley’s first luxury hotel. Its Silver Dollar Bar got its name in 1950 from a bar inlaid with silver dollars. A fire on August 5, 1980 gutted the second floor and roof, and the owners rebuilt it in the original style. It was listed on the National Register in 1999.
The ghost story
Wyoming's state tourism office relays the local story that two children killed by a family member in a hotel room in the 1960s still roam the halls, and that locals report seeing their faces at the windows.
Source: travelwyoming.com
Good to know
- Address: 50 North Glenwood Street, Jackson, WY 83001
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.