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PACIFIC HOUSE
PACIFIC HOUSE. The 1859-1860 Dubuque City Directory listed the corner of Jones and Iowa. It was then called a boarding house.
The 1861 Dubuque City Directory listed Jones and Iowa.
The 1865 Dubuque City Directory listed "near the D. & S. C. R. R. Depot."
The 1868-69 Dubuque City Directory listed near the ICRR depot.
The 1874-1875 through 1890-91 Dubuque City Directory stated that this business was located at the corner of 1st and Iowa.
In August, 1890 Peter Callaghan announced that he was selling his interest in the business. He described the Pacific House as being centrally located between the three railroad depots in the city and having eighteen sleeping rooms with a good dining room and bar. (1)
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Source:
1. "Local News in Brief," Dubuque Daily Herald, August 17, 1890, p. 4