Hotel Iowa

Hotel Iowa
Location 401 Main St.
Keokuk, Iowa
Coordinates 40°23′43″N 91°22′55″W / 40.39528°N 91.38194°W / 40.39528; -91.38194Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 91°22′55″W / 40.39528°N 91.38194°W / 40.39528; -91.38194
Built 1912-1913
Architect Hugh L. Cooper
Architectural style Commercial
NRHP Reference # 87000022[1]
Added to NRHP February 5, 1987

The Hotel Iowa is a historic building in downtown Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It was built from 1912–1913 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1] The structure, which was designed by architect Guy C. Mariner [2] in the Chicago Commercial style, was built to house the workers who built Lock and Dam No. 19 on the Mississippi River.[3] The eight-story structure became a commercial building known as the Pierce Building.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ The American Architect, vol. CII, no. 1926, p. 10 (1922)
  3. ↑ "Keokuk’s National Register of Historic Places". City of Keokuk. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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