of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 301
SCOTT HOUSE. The Scott House, which stands on the southwest corner of Iowa avenue and Third street, was finished early in 1852 and occupied as a hotel. The first proprietor of this house, which was opened as the City Hotel, was William Kyle. In 1856 it was known as the Boston House, with Booth & Joiner as proprietors. In 1858 it was called the Nevada House. Ellsworth & Dugdale were the landlords. In 1872 J. K. Scott, ex-marshal of the city, refitted the old hotel building then known as the Myers House and changed its name to the Scott House. Scott, in 1873 left this hotel to take charge of the Park House on Fourth and Mu1berry, which he changed to the Scott House. Scott's successor in the Scott House was a Mr. Wyard, who changed the name to the Wyard House. The hoste1ry afterward became known as the Grange Hotel, whose landlord was Apollis Cone. In 1874 it became the Nevada House under Anton Fritz, and in 1875 it again became known as the Scott House, under its former proprietor, J. K. Scott, who remained there until his death. It has been under various managements since.
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