DES MOINES
Illustrated Souvenir Album (1895)
AN HISTORICAL IOWA HOTEL.
The Kirkwood House is one of the best known and most popular hotels in the country. It bears the name of one of Iowa's greatest and grandest historic characters the old war governor, Samuel J. Kirkwood. The building is a five-story brick structure, covering a quarter of a block, on the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, the best location in the city. The establishment throughout is finished and furnished in a strictly first-class manner. There are 150 rooms at the disposal of guests, making it one of the largest hotel buildings in the west. Such modern improvements as many bath rooms have recently been added; also electric lights in every room complete the details of the establishment. A large force of employes, well disciplined and organized, keep everything in order and attend the demands of guests promptly and satisfactorily. Telegraph and railroad ticket offices are located in the hotel. Rates are so adjusted as to cater to the better class of trade, from $2.00 to $3.50 a day. The establishment is owned by the Macartney & Sons Company, an incorporation with a capital stock of $50,000. Mr. F. C. Macartney is president and manager; F. C. Macartney, Jr., is vice-president and treasurer, and George W. Macartney is secretary of the organization. Prior to 1880 the institution was known as the Savery, but at that date it was renamed the Kirkwood, which it has since sustained with credit to the management.
