Jackson, Wyo. • Throughout the restoration of the Sweetwater Restaurant, any time developer John Holland visited the site passersby would pause to admire the century-old log cabin and recall memories of it over the decades.
“They just kept telling stories that came out of those walls,” Holland said, gesturing to the wooden exterior on a recent morning.
After 18 months of careful remodeling the historic building — erected in 1915, a holdover from Jackson’s earliest years — is now nearly ready for its next chapter.
Sweetwater’s second chance represents a rare tale of success in a town that doesn’t give developers much motivation to preserve historic structures.