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As the Park House Hotel, it catered to those who did business when the city was the capitol of Iowa, and it is one of the few remaining commercial buildings from that era. [2] After Haberstroh died in 1860, the Rev. William Emonds of near-by St. Mary's Catholic Church bought the property and its debt.
The building was designed by Kansas City architect Alonzo H. Gentry in the Art Deco style. The brick exterior features terra cotta ornamentation. The hotel opened on December 20, 1930, built by the Eppley Hotel Company. [3] Eppley was bought by Sheraton Hotels in 1956, and the hotel was renamed the Sheraton-Warrior. [3]
In 1999, the Park Inn Hotel was named on the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance's Most Endangered Properties List. [1] The Park Inn Hotel was the third hotel designed by Wright and served as the prototype for Midway Gardens in Chicago and the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, which was torn down in 1968. [2]
The historic district includes 50 properties that were part of a 1989 survey of the area. It includes, as contributing properties, 47 buildings and four structures. There are also three buildings that are non-contributing. [2] Bedford House/Garland Hotel (1857, 1877) is a contributing property.
Homewood Suites by Hilton is an American chain of all-suite residential-style hotels owned by Hilton Worldwide.As of December 2019, the chain consists of 505 hotels in 4 countries and territories with 57,545 rooms. 490 Homewood Suites hotels are independently owned and operated by franchisees with 55,899 rooms, while 15 hotels are managed with 1,646 rooms. [1]
The Iowana Hotel, now known simply as The Iowana, is a historic building located in Creston, Iowa, United States. Because Creston was on the mainline of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad , and it was a divisional headquarters, it received a steady flow of visitors.
All six Iowa City-area teams clinched playoff spots, so there will be plenty of matchups to keep an eye on. Iowa City Liberty (8-1) is the only Iowa City-area team to host a playoff game this week ...
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