Updates
December 4, 2012: for some reason we were led to believe the Winterton Suites were going to be in downtown Williston. See post below and all the comments. It turns out Winterton Suites is located at 340 26th Street East if I understand the website correctly. This is on the northeast side of Williston, but again, I have been wrong before when trying to locate new facilities on Google maps. Regardless, Winterton Suites says they are now taking reservations for their Williston motel.
Original Post
From a reader:Has anyone heard of Winterton Suites? They have a luxury suite (small hotel) in Roosevelt,Utah. I see they are planning a downtown Williston hotel...with only 25 rooms and supposed to be ready by spring of 2012, I wonder if it is going to be a rehabilitaded building somewhere downtown? Here is the link announcing the coming soon to Williston.Does anyone know anything more? Any links to press releases?
http://www.wintertonsuites.com/
Only 25 rooms makes me think they might be renovating the Plainsman Hotel in downtown Williston, an iconic landmark, but sometimes renovating is more expensive and more work than simply putting up a new building.
Luxury suites for CEOs, upper level managers of the many oil and oil service companies in the Williston area?
If this is true, luxury suites downtown, it speaks volumes about where we are in the timeline of this boom.
This could be in the old Emery's Locksmith/4S flooring building (2 or 3 doors north of JC Penneys on Main St). That building was for sale and has supposedly sold. There are 30 "rooms" that are being used as bedrooms right now. This could be the location. The old Elks building might have been sold again as well. The developers that initially bought it didn't come through with their restaurant that was suppose to go in there.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct; in fact, there is some very nice real estate down town. It would be interesting to see some nice new businesses go in downtown.
ReplyDeleteThe old Emery Locksmith building makes sense. It is 3 floors and used to be the old Craven Hagen clinic. When we were little, we loved taking the elevator up to the 2nd or 3rd floor and look at the fish tanks in the waiting area of the clinic. I heard the Elks lodge will possibly be a fine dine restaraunt and lounge again. The last city commision meeting, the commission approved a liquor license. The new owners have until June to be up and running, otherwise the license goes back to the city for re-sale. But wonder if the cost to rehab the building as a hotel would be financially feasible? Maybe?...
ReplyDeleteThat is SOOO funny. Of all the things to share -- we, too, loved the elevator going up to Craven-Hagen, and then looking at the fish tank(s).
DeleteI often think of "Craven-Hagen" as real pioneers, setting up practice in a very remote part of the world. Great men to have done that.
Amazing what little tidbits of one's youth will remain sketched in the brain's memory cells! I too remember being at that clinic as a small child, however not much else about it! (And I certainly would never have thought about it without reading this post!!)
DeleteI really appreciate all the links you provide, Bruce, to keep us updated on what's happening in our hometown. (Kind of sad to think that it is only because of the oil and its economic effects that it is in the national spotlight though.)
Keep up the amazing work as it is greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate the feedback. Whenever I get such a nice note I feel "guilty" for some of my non-Bakken posts, but I doubt I will change. But, such postings, I assume, add a bit of "spice" to the blog.
DeleteWell, the reason I so enjoy reading your blog each day is for the "spice"! So much of the technical and economic verbiage is too much for me to comprehend (but I'm learning!!) But then it helps that I grew up in Williston and agree with your political views!! I, though, really feel guilty that I can access this wealth of information without paying anything!! You really should be making a fortune for doing all this work keeping us informed!!
DeleteThank you.
DeleteIt is "funny" how life works out. I have enough. My real joy is taking care of my two granddaughters.
Awwww...the Plainsman. My wife, Mary, and I spent our honeymoon night there with a room near the neon Plainsman sign. I thought it was cool with the red-orange light, the spring bed and the quaint wallpaper. I don't think she was as impressed as I was. I was born in Mercy hospital in december of 1947. My honeymoon night was august 4th, 1979. Greetings to you Houghts out there and Andres out there!
ReplyDeleteI was born in Bismarck, but got to Williston as fast as I could --- my parents moved to Williston when I was two years old.
DeleteYou got to enjoy a bit more of the 1960's than I did -- I was born in 1951.
Hmmm...maybe this Winterton Suites is the Elks bldg after all. This was in today's paper, and I am copying and pasting from the article.
ReplyDelete-Approved a "Renaissance Zone" application from Williston Building, LLC, to make a $500,000 improvement to the Elks Building in downtown Williston. The building, which is no longer owned by the Elks, will become a a "boutique" hotel with restaurant and bar.
I'm not sure $500,000 would be enough to renovate the bldg into 25 luxury suites, but maybe this is just the amount they are asking for in relation for the Renaissance zone part of the deal?
The Elks' building is pretty huge and cool. I can see it a quaint luxury hotel.
Good tip; thank you. And, yes, in the right photograph (winter, deep snow) the Elks looks like a huge European chalet.
DeleteWinterton Suites will be building a New Building, with construction scheduled to start as soon as the frost is out of the ground. For more info, please call Randy Crozier @ 701-540-1660.
ReplyDeleteI was sent this note to my personal e-mail regarding Winterton Suites:
DeleteI recently stayed at these newly constructed boutique executive suites. Winterton has unassuming exterior, amazing rooms! Great bed, down comforter, full size refrigerator, microwave, counter stovetop, flat screen TV, work station, sofa, deep tub,custom wood trim, tile. Recommend highly!