DES MOINES
Illustrated Souvenir Album (1895)
SAVERY HOTEL.
One of the leading attractions of the Capital City is the Savery Hotel, situated on the corner of Fourth and Locust streets. It is a large six-story building, built of pressed brick, with terra cotta trimmings. It was built in the year 1890, by the Savery Hotel Company, and from the start has been one of the most popular hotels in the State. It is equipped with all the modern conveniences, steam heat, gas and electric light, baths, elevator service, etc. The building is also supplied with billiard and pool rooms, barber shop and bar, and has telegraph connections. 'Bus lines run to all the railroad depots in the city. It is under the competent management of Mr. Brown, whose wide experience as a landlord, with all the conveniences and improvements, enables him to make it one of the most popular and satisfactory' of all Iowa hotels.
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