The building is one of Georgetown’s most impressive commercial structures.  Originally constructed as a bakery in the 1870s, Louis Dupuy, a native of France, subsequently purchased the building.  Circa 1889 he created the present facade as part of the building’s conversion into a hotel/restaurant.  The Hotel de Paris, with its elegant appointments and extensive assortment of imported wines, provided a bit of France in the Colorado Rockies.  In 1953, the Colorado chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames purchased the building for use as a museum.

An SHF grant helped to fund repairs to the building.