The hotel was originally constructed in 1910. An ad for the hotel read "3 storey, 48x56, all conveniences including two furnaces, 28 comfortable rooms, 2 parlours, bathrooms, etc. open for business November 1911". The original hotel burnt to the ground that year, but was rebuilt shortly after, with funding from a brewery in Calgary, with the contingency that they sold their beer. There were a few loopholes in the prohibition act that the hotel managed to survive through. Halkirk has been a small town stop on the Canadian pacific railway since the 1900s. The railway and grain elevator are no longer used by the CPR, but our building stands proud next to highway 12. Extensive renovations have brought the current building to its impressive conditions while retaining the original character and spirit of the old west. The hotel is the only one remaining of its design in the province.