Park House Hotel

Park House Hotel
Location 130 E. Jefferson St.
Iowa City, Iowa
Coordinates 41°39′46″N 91°32′0″W / 41.66278°N 91.53333°W / 41.66278; -91.53333Coordinates: 41°39′46″N 91°32′0″W / 41.66278°N 91.53333°W / 41.66278; -91.53333
Area less than one acre
Built 1852
Part of Jefferson Street Historic District (#04001097)
NRHP reference # 78001229[1]
Added to NRHP December 11, 1978

The Park House Hotel, also known as St. Agatha’s Seminary and Burkeley Apartments, is an historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The building was built in 1852 for Ferdinand Haberstroh. It catered to those who did business when the city was the capitol of Iowa, and it is one of the few remaining commercial buildings from that era.[2] After Haberstroh died in 1860, the Rev. William Emonds of near-by St. Mary's Catholic Church bought the property and its debt. Two years later the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Dubuque, Iowa opened St. Agatha's Female Seminary. The building acquired its mansard roof in 1875. Classrooms were located on the first two floors and residential space for the sisters and students who boarded here were on the upper two floors. The school closed in 1909 and Albert Burkeley converted the building into a women's boarding house called "Svendi". After 1918 it became an apartment building known as "Burkeley Place", and it has been an apartment building ever since.[2]

The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2004 it was included as a contributing property in the Jefferson Street Historic District.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Valerie A. Wilk. "Park House Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-21. with photo(s)
  3. ↑ Marlys A. Svendsen. "Jefferson Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-21.


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