The Black Hawk Hotel is an historic building located in downtown

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, United States. It was individually listed on the

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in 2002. In 2017 it was included as a

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in the

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History

A hotel has occupied the same site in Cedar Falls since the early 1850s. The hotels have occupied two different buildings and had several names over the years. The Winslow House was a wood frame

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hotel that was built c. 1853. It was renamed the Western in 1858, and an additional floor was added to the building. In the 1860s the hotel was renamed the Carter House. In the late 1870s, the present

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building was built and named the Davis House. The ownership of the hotel transferred to the Burr family in 1885 and it was renamed Burr's Hotel. with Waterloo architect John G. Ralston was hired by a group of investors in 1914 to redesign the hotel building. The renovation made the structure a combination of the Second Empire and

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styles. It was at this time that the hotel was named the Blackhawk.

References

External links

The Blackhawk Hotel Website
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