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Jefferson Hotel memories stir Iowa City memories
In March the Collecting Our Past feature invited locals to recall stays dining and work at the Jefferson Hotel built in 1913 at Dubuque and Washington. Readers share memories from a 1948 honeymoon to elevator operators and staff in the 1950s and 60s noting warmth of the staff and the hotel’s later repurposing as the University of Iowa Jefferson Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Jefferson Hotel
Dubuque and
Washington Streets
Iowa City
Leigh Ann Randall
Pauline Falcon
Marion
Falcon
Jefferson
Dubuque
Karen (Dvorsky) Weseman
Joseph P. Dvorsky
Weseman
Francis Lewis
Lewis
Bell Hop
Lindemann
Helen (Reeve
Heck
University of Iowa
Jefferson Building