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Office of Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa

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Looking inside at the front office to Herring Cottage showing a table with a fan plugged into the ceiling light, front desk, and a piano in the parlor. The Herring Cottage, owned and operated by William P. Herring, ran a small auto bus from the hotel to the railroad depot to pick up guests and deliver them back to the train. The hotel was originally built in Colonial Revival style in 1900, designed by Cedar Rapids architect, Charles A. Dieman, and contracted by James Park of Belle Plaine. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Title Office of Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa
Alternative TitleHerring Hotel
Alternative TitleThe Herring
Alternative TitleHotel Herring
Alternative TitleThe Graham House Hotel
Index Date 1905
Date Captured 8/8/06
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo reprint, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Date Issued 1900-1910
citation/reference National Register of Historic Places (https://npgallery.nps.gov/)
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Benton County (Iowa)
Topic Belle Plaine (Iowa)
Topic Public accommodation facilities
Topic Hotels
Topic Interiors
Topic Offices
Topic Rooms & spaces
Cartographic 41.897358, -92.276830
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_bellep0037
Identifier (local) grinnell:13789
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13789
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