Stage Stop Hotel

During the 1800s, Springfield was a main stop along the stage line between Texas and Canada. With the introduction of the automobile came the necessity of hotels. The Stage Stop Hotel is Springfield's longest functioning and oldest surviving hotel. Opened in 1923 as the Commercial Hotel, it has operated continuously up to the present, known as the Hamilton Hotel from 1943 until 1987, when it finally received its current name. Interestingly, it was the in 1990s that the hotel was actually used as a 'stage stop' for a mail contractor with runs to Denver, living up to its name and history.