CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - What remains of a landmark Wyoming hotel could be torn down soon.
Cheyenne city officials have ordered the last buildings still standing at the Hitching Post Inn to be torn down after a pair of fires a decade apart.
For decades, the Hitching Post was a well-known gathering spot for state lawmakers in Wyoming’s capital city. Many stayed at the Hitching Post when the Legislature was in session.
An arson fire in 2010 destroyed much of the Hitching Post including the lobby, a bar and a restaurant. The hotel reopened but with little reconstruction and closed again in 2017.
The city declared the hotel a nuisance and condemned it in 2018.
Following another fire Jan. 15, the city has ordered hotel owner Dipalie Jariwalla of Victory Real Estate Management to tear down four buildings within 180 days and to demolish a fifth building within 200 days, city officials announced Wednesday.
Estimates to remove contaminants such as asbestos ranged from $2.1 million-$2.6 million before the latest fire. Demolition costs could run somewhat higher, city building official Bruce Trembath told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
Jariwalla can appeal in writing. Jariwalla declined to comment Thursday.
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