Many may have passed the flyer for the Adams Hotel open house for the first weekend of September. I have long been fascinated with the hotel and was very excited to tour the inside. Traveling out on a warm, sunny, Sunday, we attended this open house. Outside, cars filled the parking lot. The smell of barbeque on the side of the tattered hotel was drawing people to eat. The hotel porch was bustling with people laughing and visiting as though it had been open for years. One could almost imagine the days of business having grand parties.

Through the stained glass windowed front doors, there we...