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MERCHANTS' HOTEL

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Dubuque Democratic Herald, September 10, 1863

MERCHANTS' HOTEL. 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.


Merchants Hotel c. 1890
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Undated photo. Library of Congress.
Merchants Hotel registration card. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding
Matchbook
Letterhead. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey
Merchants Hotel soap. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding
1902 advertisement.
Photo courtesy: Jim Massey