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historical Explore the history of Iowa’s oldest city, founded by Julien Dubuque in 1788. Tour landmarks of a bygone era, take a ride up the world’s shortest and steepest railway, and appreciate the Victorian architecture of Dubuque’s oldest mansions. For the more adventurous, walk the planks of a dredge boat used during WWII, tour a 150-year-old jail, or explore the land that the Meskwaki once inhabited.
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Banker, Mr. J. K. Graves, lived on top of the bluffs and worked at the bottom. Unfortunately, he had to spend half an hour driving his horse and buggy around the bluff to get to the top and another half an hour to return downtown, even though his bank was only two and a half blocks away. He decided that a cable car would solve his problem. Mr. Graves’ cable car operated for the first time on July 25, 1882. Before long, his neighbors began meeting him at the elevator asking for rides. Eventually these neighbors came together and formed the Fenelon Place Elevator Company to continue the operation of the elevator. | w w w. t r a v e l d u b u q u e . c o m find out more on the right
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Dubuque CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY 1# 360 West 11th Street | Dubuque, IA 563.589.4225 | www.dubuque.lib.ia.us Through the generosity of library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who agreed to endow the City with a building, and donation of a site by Frank D. Stout, the Carnegie-Stout Free Public Library opened on October 20, 1902. The library was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Today the library offers comfortable seating in five reading areas, programs for all ages, wireless internet access, computers, books, magazines, newspaper, genealogy materials, e-books and downloadable audio books as well as access to electronic resources available inside and outside the library.
CITY HALL 1& 50 West 13th Street | Dubuque, IA 563.589.4100 | www.cityofdubuque.org/cityhall Dubuque’s City Hall was completed in 1857 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Though there have been many changes since its opening, it still houses city government administrative offices and the area around City Hall is still home to farmer’s market every Saturday morning, May 1 through October 30.
DUBUQUE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 3! 720 Central Avenue | Dubuque, IA 563.589.4441 | www.dubuquecounty.org The Dubuque County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was one of the first buildings in the Dubuque area so honored. The building is 88 feet by 125 feet in size. A 190 foot high central tower is capped with a bronze statue of Lady Justice that is 14 feet tall. Other pewter statues were taken down during World War I and melted down to provide material for the war effort.
FENELON PLACE ELEVATOR 4# 512 Fenelon Place | Dubuque, IA 563.582.6496 | www.dbq.com/fenplco Also known as the 4th Street Elevator and the world’s shortest, steepest, scenic railway - 296 feet in length. Magnificent view of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Open April through November.