The Harlan House Hotel is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It is associated with James Harlan, the first Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate (1855-1865, 1867–1872).[2] He was also Secretary of the Interior (1865-1867). His daughter Mary was the wife of Robert Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln's only surviving son. Harlan built the oldest part of this building as his house in 1857. After his career as a Senator, he could no longer afford the house and bought another house in Mount Pleasant.[2] Harlan built the first addition onto his old house and converted it into a hotel so he could support himself. He added onto the hotel two more times, c. 1880 and 1892. The first two additions are on the alley side of the building, and the third addition faces Jefferson Street. The middle section of the building with the bracketed cornice and mansard roof is the original house. Harlan moved into the hotel in the early 1890s and died here in 1899. A few minor alterations were made to the building in the 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
harlan, house, hotel, historic, building, located, mount, pleasant, iowa, united, states, associated, with, james, harlan, first, republican, represent, iowa, united, states, senate, 1855, 1865, 1867, 1872, also, secretary, interior, 1865, 1867, daughter, mary. The Harlan House Hotel is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant Iowa United States It is associated with James Harlan the first Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate 1855 1865 1867 1872 2 He was also Secretary of the Interior 1865 1867 His daughter Mary was the wife of Robert Todd Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln s only surviving son Harlan built the oldest part of this building as his house in 1857 After his career as a Senator he could no longer afford the house and bought another house in Mount Pleasant 2 Harlan built the first addition onto his old house and converted it into a hotel so he could support himself He added onto the hotel two more times c 1880 and 1892 The first two additions are on the alley side of the building and the third addition faces Jefferson Street The middle section of the building with the bracketed cornice and mansard roof is the original house Harlan moved into the hotel in the early 1890s and died here in 1899 A few minor alterations were made to the building in the 20th century It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 1 Harlan House HotelU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of IowaShow map of the United StatesLocation122 N Jefferson St Mount Pleasant IowaCoordinates40 58 03 3 N 91 33 14 7 W 40 967583 N 91 554083 W 40 967583 91 554083Arealess than one acreBuilt1857 1873 c 1880 1892Architectural styleItalianateNRHP reference No 87002019 1 Added to NRHPNovember 16 1987References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 a b Christopher A Wilde Harlan House Hotel National Park Service Retrieved 2017 04 27 with photos nbsp This article about a property in Henry County Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a building or structure in Iowa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harlan House Hotel amp oldid 1050073716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
