of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 300-301
PARK HOUSE. Jonathan Neidig erected a building for hotel purposes on the southeast corner of Fourth and Mulberry streets, opposite the court house, in 1851, containing twenty-six rooms and was called the Pennsylvania House. Isaac Neidig was its first landlord. In 1852 the building was enlarged, making its entire frontage ninety feet. It was originally three stories in height, but when the street was graded another story, as in many other buildings in the town, was built under it, making it four stories in all. This hotel had various changes in name. It was first the Pennsylvania House, then the Irving, afterward Park, then Scott House and again Park House. It was known as the Wilson House and the name of Park being very popular, for the third and last time it was known by that appellation. This hotel had various proprietors, both men and women, and many vicissitudes until it dwindled down to merely a rooming house. It was destroyed by fire December 15, 1881, and afterward rebuilt three stories high and converted into a business block and tenement house. It is now owned by the Martin Bitzer estate.
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