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GERMANIA HOUSE. The | [[Image:sfronts.png|left|thumb|250px|1866 storefront (third from left)]]GERMANIA HOUSE. The 1865 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed Main between 3rd and 4th. | ||
The 1874-1875 ''Dubuque City Directory'' stated that this business was located at 317 Main. | The 1867 '''Dubuque City Directory''' gave no address for this business although it was listed. | ||
The 1868-69 and 1873-1874 '''Dubuque City Directory''' gave the address of this business as 53 Main. | |||
The 1874-1875 '''Dubuque City Directory''' stated that this business was located at 317 Main. | |||
The 1878-79 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed the west side of Main between 3rd and 4th. | |||
In 1880 a mention of the hotel in the Dubuque Herald announced that business was very good, proving that "a dollar per day house in the centre of the city, well-kept, is a paying investment. Arrangements are being made to screen every door and window, a comfort to guests other and more higher priced hotels cannot boast of in the fly season." (1) | |||
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1. "Caught on the Fly," ''Dubuque Herald,'' July 28, 1880, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18800728&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | |||
[[Category: Hotel]] | [[Category: Hotel]] | ||
[[Category: Boarding House]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:40, 12 October 2022
GERMANIA HOUSE. The 1865 Dubuque City Directory listed Main between 3rd and 4th.
The 1867 Dubuque City Directory gave no address for this business although it was listed.
The 1868-69 and 1873-1874 Dubuque City Directory gave the address of this business as 53 Main.
The 1874-1875 Dubuque City Directory stated that this business was located at 317 Main.
The 1878-79 Dubuque City Directory listed the west side of Main between 3rd and 4th.
In 1880 a mention of the hotel in the Dubuque Herald announced that business was very good, proving that "a dollar per day house in the centre of the city, well-kept, is a paying investment. Arrangements are being made to screen every door and window, a comfort to guests other and more higher priced hotels cannot boast of in the fly season." (1)
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1. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, July 28, 1880, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18800728&printsec=frontpage&hl=en