December 17, 1842 – The Iowa Capitol Reporter runs ads for all three major Iowa City hotels – Swan’s, The City, and The Globe.

Over a fifty-year period, Iowa City went from three small hotel/taverns scattered around Capitol Square to a state-of-the-art, four-story icon – The St. James Hotel – located on the corner of Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue – directly across from Old Capitol. From whiskey-pouring taverns to bed-n-breakfast hostels, come take a look at the variety of accommodations available from the 1840’s to the turn-of-the-century in our favorite town.

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