Joseph M. and Martha Pomeroy, the town founders, erected the original St. George Hotel in May 1878. On the comer of Seventh and Main streets, the wooden hotel was a popular stage stop known for its excellent meals. The lumber for the building came from the Blue Mountains and hauled to town by Tom Burlingame. Shortly after Pomeroy constructed the hotel, he sold the building to G.A. Sawyer in 1879. The Pomeroys divorced and the hotel was sold to Martha Pomeroy in March 1881. Martha Pomeroy married Harry St. George in September 1881 and changed the hotel's name to the St. George Hotel. The couple operated the hotel until 1887 when Colonel J.W. Hunt purchased the St. George. Hunt had been the proprietor of the hotel since the summer of 1886. Hunt expanded the business in 1888 by constructing a two-story annex made of local brick that stood directly west of the wooden hotel. In August 1888, a smaller structure was removed from the site to make way for the new brick annex. By December, the $16,000 annex was almost completed and was said to have elegant bedrooms, carpeted halls, modem conveniences, and a bridal chamber (East Washingtonian, 10 January 1889).

By July 1891, Alexander and Florence Gilmour were the sole proprietors of the hotel, and planned to build a new brick building to replace the original wooden St. George Hotel. Their plans never came to fruition. By 1894, the G.L. Campbell took over the ownership of the hotel. In April 1901, proprietor H.L. Lanning asked the City Council for permission to move the wooden St. George Hotel to a lot directly to the south (Allen House, current location of Resource #54). Permission was granted and Lanning constructed a new brick building adjoining the two-story annex. The hotel was completed in 1902 after Lanning successfully connected to the city's water main. The proprietors changed the name of the hotel to the Hotel Revere after the brick structure was erected. Over the years, the hotel has had many proprietors and housed a variety of businesses.

Some of the long-time occupants of the building include L.F. Koenig & Co. (1902 until the 1920s), Tammany Hall, Piggly-Wiggly Grocery Store, restaurants, beauty parlors, the newspaper office, and an auto parts store. The current owners are in the process of rehabilitating the building for use as a store, residence, and bed and breakfast. A drinking fountain originally was located along Main Street in front of the hotel.

Based on research by
Donovan & Associates.