Black Hawk Hotel

Black Hawk Hotel
Location 115-119 Main St., Cedar Falls, Iowa
Coordinates 42°32′15″N 92°26′44″W / 42.53750°N 92.44556°W / 42.53750; -92.44556Coordinates: 42°32′15″N 92°26′44″W / 42.53750°N 92.44556°W / 42.53750; -92.44556
Area less than one acre
Built 1915 (renovation)
Architect John G. Ralston (renovation)
Architectural style Late 19th & early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP Reference # 02001542[1]
Added to NRHP December 19, 2002

The Black Hawk Hotel is an historic building located in downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

A hotel has occupied the same site in Cedar Falls since the early 1850s.[2] The hotels have occupied two different buildings and had several names over the years. The Winslow House was a wood frame stage coach hotel that was built c. 1853. It was renamed the Western in 1858, and an additional floor was added to the building. In the 1860s the hotel was renamed the Carter House.

In the late 1870s the present Second Empire building was built and named the Davis House. The ownership of the hotel transferred to the Burr family in 1885 and it was renamed Burr’s Hotel.

Waterloo architect John Ralston was hired by a group of investors in 1914 to redesign the hotel building. The renovation made the structure a combination of the Second Empire and Mission styles.[2] It was at this time that the hotel was named the Blackhawk.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Our History". The Blackhawk Hotel. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

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