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Revision as of 03:36, 28 February 2017
MERCHANTS' HOTEL. The original Merchants'Hotel was closed on June 14, 1864 with the furniture and bedding removed and sold at auction. The evening before the owner and several demireps had been arrested on the premises. The Dubuque Democratic Herald stated that the news caused about twenty-five men, married and single, to take the first boat across the river to visit friends in Illinois to avoid being called as witnesses. (1)
Located in the early 1900s at the corner of Third and Main STREETS, the Merchants' Hotel had sixty-two rooms and a large dining room. The building had originally housed the BEAUBIEN HOUSE and the KEY CITY HOUSE. W.C. Keely, the proprietor and manager, was also the manager of the Julien Hotel (later the HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE).
The 1915 through 1983 Dubuque City Directory listed 304 Main as the address.
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1. "Closed," Dubuque Democratic Herald, June 15, 1864, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A36e8EsbUSoC&dat=18640615&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
