The Modoc Hotel was built by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway in 1912 after the Rock Island Eating House burned in February of 1911. Built at a cost of $105,000, the hotel featured fine dining and 26 guest rooms, and the building had electricity furnished by the railroad five years before the City of McFarland enjoyed that luxury. The Modoc was demolished after the closing of the railroad switching yards in 1954.