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Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel
Partial retrofit completed 2023; plans for housing/retail pending; county housing market declining. · summary, model-written
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Sold since 2020
This site: 2023 current owners research-deals · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -6.4% census-acs · all sites with thisAffordable housing credits
This site: …a Bike Trail, and the former hotel as a model for sustained affordable housing. record · all sites with thisReinhabited
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This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Partly retrofittednewtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Partial ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | housing, other, retailWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | The hotel and property were purchased in November, 2023, and rebranded 'The Historic'. It is currently under restoration and is now a private residence. The current owners are working to preserve its history as well as the property, and have plans to open the former gas station as a gift shop and comfort station for the Transamerica Bike Trail, and the former hotel as a model for sustained…newtypes-extraction reported |
| Retrofit year | 2023newtypes-extraction reported |
| Redeveloper | The current ownersnewtypes-extraction reported |
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sold | — | current owners | Wikipedia |
Site context
| Housing permits, Kiowa County (CO), 2024 | 0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 1 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 81 jobs in 7 establishments; average annual pay $29,189; employment location quotient 1.67; employment -12.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 430 jobs; 83 in retail trade, 13 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 08061960100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 52th income percentile as adults; -1.8% incarcerated at the 2010 count (279 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 100% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 11.3%; median family income $47,417; 85 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Kiowa County School District No. RE-1 (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 4,541 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 99 county-logged events: 60 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 tornado, 6 heavy rain; $43,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 8 establishments (+33%); 93 jobsCensus CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $163,266 (-5% 1 yr, +2% 5 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 620 vehicles a day on SH 96 (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 9 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel (closed 1990) purchased by current owners in Nov 2023, rebranded 'The Historic,' and is under restoration as a private residence. Plans include converting the former gas station to a gift shop/comfort station for the Transamerica Bike Trail and the hotel to model affordable housing.
Why. Retrofit strategy 'reinhabit' applied. Current status: partial (2023 retrofit).
Where it stands. No housing units confirmed built (only plans noted). Retail conversion (gas station) pending. County housing market shows declining ZHVI (-5.4% YoY).
For a planner
- Traffic: SH 96 minor arterial, 620 ADT (2024).
- County permits: 5 housing units approved in 2023 (all 1-unit).
- No retail establishment growth data (2023: 8 businesses, 93 employees).
For a developer
- No actual housing units delivered (only plans).
- County housing market declining.
- No data on retail viability or occupancy rates.
What we do not know yet
- No confirmation of affordable housing model implementation.
- No evidence of completed retail conversion.
- County population decline (-6.4% 2018–23) noted in opportunity reasons.
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- county shrank -6.4% 2018–23
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History and original facts
| Closed | 1990newtypes-extraction |
|---|---|
| County | Kiowa County |
| Census division | 8 · Mountain |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel, a historic district containing a former hotel and filling station, was purchased in 2023 and is being restored and reinhabited as a private residence, with plans for the gas station to become a gift shop and comfort station. |
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Background
The Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel is a historic district in Haswell, Colorado, containing a two-story hotel, a filling station, a bunkhouse, and a chicken coop. It was deemed locally significant as one of the first business buildings in Haswell, and was run as a hostelry for 60 years, until it was closed in the 1990's. It is also significant for association with the Hollingsworth and Rebel and Covalt families, each of which operated the hotel. The hotel is one example of foursquare architecture, also known as a "prairie cube", a complete kit home which could be purchased thru the major mail order catalogs of the time.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1990 closed
- 2023 purchased and restoration began
- 2023 Retrofit: reinhabit
Sources
- Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 quoted sentences
The Hotel Holly–Haswell Hotel
until it was closed in the 1990's
The hotel and property were purchased in November, 2023, and rebranded 'The Historic'. It is currently under restoration
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