Hotel President, Waterloo

Name: Hotel President
Address: Waterloo, United States

#19 among attractions in Waterloo

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The Hotel President, also known as the Park Towers Apartments, is an historic building located in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, United States. The building was completed in 1929, and it opened as a "showcase hotel." In 1948, Paul "Pinkie" George and five other wrestling promoters from the Midwest founded the National Wrestling Alliance in the hotel. The manager of the hotel at the time was Lark Gable, the grandfather of Olympic gold medal winner Dan Gable. Various companies owned and operated the hotel until it was acquired in 1968 by Elders Inc. a nonprofit group of churches. They converted the building into subsidized housing. It was bought by local developers Brent Dahlstrom and Jim Sulentic in 2011 and they sold it to Huntley Witmer Development of Los Angeles. Huntley Witmer spent $12 million in 2015 renovating the building that continues to house 84 units of federally subsidized housing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. ()

Built: 1929 (95 years ago)Coordinates: 42°29'55"N, 92°20'14"W

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Hotel President – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Young Arena, Riverfront Stadium, Grout Museum, Rensselaer Russell House.

~1750 ftW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Hockey
Young Arena, Waterloo
9 min walk • Young Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Waterloo, Iowa, United States, and was built in 1994.
1.2 miNW
Sport complex, Baseball field, Sport venue
Riverfront Stadium, Waterloo
31 min walk • Riverfront Stadium is a stadium in Waterloo, Iowa, located at 850 Park Road, Waterloo, Iowa 50703. It is primarily used for baseball, serving as the home field of the Waterloo Bucks baseball team of the summer collegiate Northwoods League. Riverfront Stadium has a capacity of 5,000.
0.5 miSW
Museum, History museum, Science museum
Grout Museum, Waterloo
14 min walk • The Grout Museum District is a set of museums in Waterloo, Iowa. The District consists of the Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Snowden House and the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum.
0.5 miSW
Museum, History museum
Rensselaer Russell House, Waterloo
14 min walk • The Rensselaer Russell House, also known as the Lamson House, is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Russell was a real estate investor, banker, and a dealer in dry goods. He completed the construction of this two-story Italianate house in 1861.
~1380 ftW
42°29'54"N • 92°20'32"W
Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo
7 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
~1660 ftNE
Church
Walnut Street Baptist Church, Waterloo
9 min walk • Walnut Street Baptist Church is a church building in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It has also been known as Faith Temple Baptist Church. Built in 1908, it was designed for its triangular lot by Waterloo architect Clinton P. Shockley.
~1650 ftS
Georgian architecture
Hotel Russell-Lamson, Waterloo
8 min walk • The Hotel Russell-Lamson is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Clyde O. Lamson, a real estate developer, and his wife Lillian Russell Lamson were instrumental in the construction of the hotel. Completed in 1914, it uses their family names for its name.
~1880 ftNE
Church
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Waterloo
10 min walk • Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. The congregation that built this building was organized in 1861 as First Methodist Episcopal Church.
~1020 ftE
Library
Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch, Waterloo
5 min walk • The Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. The public library was established here in 1896.
~1840 ftSW
Spanish colonial revival architecture
Master Service Station, Waterloo
9 min walk • Master Service Station, also known as Bennett's Tire & Battery Co. is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. This was one of the first "super service stations" built in the city. Developed in California in the early 1920s, they combined a filling station with other auto-related services.
0.8 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture
Rath Packing Company Administration Building, Waterloo
21 min walk • The Rath Packing Company Administration Building, also known as Adams Store Inc. is a historic Late Gothic Revival building in Waterloo, Iowa. It is a surviving remnant of what was the largest meat-packing plant in the United States in 1941. The plant started in 1891 with hogs, and was "massive".

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Nearby attractions include Waterloo East Commercial Historic District, Waterloo (3 min walk), Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch, Waterloo (5 min walk), Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo (7 min walk), Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo (8 min walk).