An earlier building on the site housed the first livery stable in Baker, but it was demolished to make way for the hotel.
The building is constructed of concrete and has its main entrance on Main Street, with an auxiliary entrance on Auburn Avenue.
The roof is topped with an eight-sided cupola, with a matching octagonal hip roof with a flagpole.
The cupola was designed as an observation center, from which the Powder River Basin and Elkhorn Mountains can be seen.
The original windows were double-hung wood sashes.
Decorative elements included concrete garlands and scrolls, pairs of 4-foot (1.2 m) terra cotta eagles at the entrances, and urns at the corners of the eighth floor.

The hotel was built to serve long-distance automobile travelers who were becoming common in the 1920s, and it did not need to be located near the railroad tracks.
It was planned as a community hotel,  both a community asset and an investment.
Local ownership meant that the community was "financially and emotionally involved in the project's success".
The hotel was originally owned by 300 local residents who purchased stock shares, priced affordably to be within reach of many residents, and survived the Great Depression without losses to the owners of their investment.
It was near default on its mortgage obligations and petitioned for bankruptcy reorganization in 1936, but bond-holders rejected the plan.
The debt was refinanced and reduced, in part with a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Interest payments were reduced by 50 percent and the hotel remained solvent.
National conventions were held in the hotel, which had a reputation as "the finest place to dine in eastern Oregon".
The original stockholders sold the building in 1946 after more than 60 percent of them agreed to a sale, at which time the word "community" was dropped from the name.
An earlier building on the site housed the first livery stable in Baker, but it was demolished to make way for the hotel. The building is constructed of concrete and has its main entrance on Main Street, with an auxiliary entrance on Auburn Avenue. The roof is topped with an eight-sided cupola, with a matching octagonal hip roof with a flagpole. The cupola was designed as an observation center, from which the Powder River Basin and Elkhorn Mountains can be seen. The original windows were double-hung wood sashes. Decorative elements included concrete garlands and scrolls, pairs of 4-foot (1.2 m) terra cotta eagles at the entrances, and urns at the corners of the eighth floor.
The hotel was built to serve long-distance automobile travelers who were becoming common in the 1920s, and it did not need to be located near the railroad tracks. It was planned as a community hotel,  both a community asset and an investment. Local ownership meant that the community was "financially and emotionally involved in the project's success". The hotel was originally owned by 300 local residents who purchased stock shares, priced affordably to be within reach of many residents, and survived the Great Depression without losses to the owners of their investment. It was near default on its mortgage obligations and petitioned for bankruptcy reorganization in 1936, but bond-holders rejected the plan. The debt was refinanced and reduced, in part with a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Interest payments were reduced by 50 percent and the hotel remained solvent. National conventions were held in the hotel, which had a reputation as "the finest place to dine in eastern Oregon". The original stockholders sold the building in 1946 after more than 60 percent of them agreed to a sale, at which time the word "community" was dropped from the name.
Baker City Tower