ALUMNI PROFILE
// Y’ALL CHECKING IN? A Glimpse into Auburn’s First Boutique Hotel
Brian
and
Kim
Wirth
hadn’t
intended on opening a hotel in Auburn. It was a Saturday like any other during football season on The Plains. Kim Wirth was in town on a recruitment trip when she saw that the historic Wittel Dormitory was up for sale. “She didn’t tell me anything about it,” Brian recalls. “All she said was, ‘You’re going to go look at Wittel Dorm before the game on Saturday.’” The Wirths met while students at Auburn
University
in
1991.
Brian
graduated from The McWhorter School of Building Science with a Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction. Kim studied Journalism in the College of Liberal Arts. They were introduced by mutual friends—a familiar beginning to many Auburn love stories. After graduation and getting married, the Wirths packed up and moved north. There, they both fell in love all over again—this time with historic homes. “We were some of the first participants in the renovation of the Capitol
Hill
recalls
of
neighborhood,” their
time
in
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