Hoffman Hotel |
Hoffman Hotel
Hoffman Hotel. This house has been here for the past
twenty-seven years or since 1871. It has always been run as a $1
a day house and has never been without a very liberal patronage.
As the town grew the house has been improved and enlarged to
accommodate the increasing patronage. The house has rapidly
increased in popularity while under the management of Mr.
Hoffman. In 1891 the present structure was built at a cost of
$6,500.00 and it is now the best $1 a day |
house in the town. A year ago Mr. Hoffman sold
the house to a Mr. Wilson and while under his management it lost
much of this trade. Mr. Hoffman has now bought the house again
and taken charge himself and it is rapidly regaining its old
popularity.
Mr. P. M. Hoffman was born in Germany near Cologne Sept. 7th,
1833. He came to America in 1858 and settled in Freeport, Ill.,
where he lived till 1866, when he went to Waterloo, Ia. After
regaining there for three years he came to Carroll county and
farmed for two years and then moved to Carroll. He has since
been engaged in the hotel and real estate business. He owns a
large amount of property in and around Carroll, including 80
acres inside of the corporation.
Mr. Huffman has a family of three daughters and two sons. One
daughter is second sister superior in the convent at Dubuque,
Iowa and another is a prominent teacher of music in Omaha. The
other remains at home. His son George Hoffman, well known in
Carroll is a young many of steady habits and very popular and
has always assisted his father in his business enterprises. The
other son is a boy of eleven years. Mr. Hoffman is a shrewd,
careful business man and a born landlord. To the traveling
public we do not hesitate to recommend his house. |
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