Keosauqua · Des Moines River front
Hotel Manning
Edwin Manning's 'Steamboat Gothic' riverfront hotel, built on the walls of his store and bank; book a 'Historic Riverview' room, not the 1960s annex.
- Built
- 1890sSecond and third stories added 1897–1899 on the salvaged walls and foundation of Edwin Manning's 1854 store and bank; grand opening April 27, 1899. The 1973 nomination instead says the 1854 building was remodeled into the hotel in 1893.
- Style
- 'Steamboat Gothic'
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- Des Moines River front
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Edwin Manning, a founder of Keosauqua who arrived in 1837, opened a store on the site in 1839 and added a bank in 1854. After fires in the mid-1890s he salvaged the walls and foundation and added two stories, opening the hotel in 1899. The riverside hotel has flooded at least four times. Mable Miller ran it largely as a boarding house from the 1940s for more than 40 years, adding a single-story annex in the 1960s, and in 2018 a group of local investors bought and revived it.
Good to know
- Address: 100 Van Buren Street, Keosauqua, IA 52565
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.