Brazelton House Hotel

The Brazelton House Hotel is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. William P. Brazelton was an early leader in the city's development.[2] He owned the Brazelton Banking House and he was one of the directors of the Brazelton House Company, which built the hotel. It is not clear, specifically, why the hotel bears his family name.[3] The construction of the hotel in 1856 coincided with a building boom in Mount Pleasant with the extension of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad into town. It was built with the belief that Mount Pleasant would need a large first class hotel, but it had financial problems from the beginning and went through a series of owners until it no longer functioned as a hotel about 1970. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] In 2015 the upper floors were converted into apartments while the main floor continued to house retail businesses.

Brazelton House Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	100 N. Main St. Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Coordinates	40°58′0.2″N 91°33′10.1″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1856
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	86002700[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1986

At four floors it is the tallest building in the central business district.[3] It was originally an "L" shaped building, but a 1911 renovation covered the courtyard and created a two-story lobby. The building exhibits elements of the Italianate style, notably found in the bracketed eaves.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. James E. Jacobsen. "Brazelton House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
3. Molly Myers Naumann; James E. Jacobsen. "Brazelton House Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-26. with photo(s)