Union Hotel, Jefferson Landing SHS, Jefferson City, MO
**Missouri State Capitol Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 76001109, date listed 6/18/1976
Bounded roughly by Adams, McCarthy, Mulberry Sts. and the Missouri River
Jefferson City, MO (Cole County)
Captain Maus Building (formerly Jefferson Hotel), south corner of Jefferson and East State streets, ca. 1850. This building is a major feature of the historic district; it relates to the early commercial history of Jefferson City and is homogeneous in architectural design with the Jefferson Landing (Lehman's Landing) Building across the street (Site #4). It has been a hotel, boat store, produce store, and headquarters for Captain Maus (a steamboat agent). (pg 5) (1)
Charles Maus first named his hotel the Missouri Hotel and then later the Veranda Hotel. The name changed for a third and final time when Maus returned home from service during the Civil War. He renamed his hotel the Union Hotel as a declaration of his wartime sentiments.
After the war, river traffic slowed as the railroad offered cheaper and faster transportation. In the 1870s, both Lohman and Maus relocated their businesses away from the landing. The Union Hotel and the Lohman Building were used as storage and tenements until the early 20th century when they became a factory and offices for the Tweedie Shoe Co.
The state acquired the property in the 1960s with the initial intent of building a parking lot, but concerned citizens led by Elizabeth Rozier spearheaded a movement to preserve the buildings. The Lohman Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and in 1974, the state's bicentennial commission adopted the Jefferson Landing proposal as the state's official bicentennial project. The Lohman Building and Union Hotel were restored, and the Lohman Building was opened to the public on July 4, 1976, as the cornerstone of Jefferson Landing State Historic Site. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form catalog.archives.gov/id/63818680
(2) MO State Parks mostateparks.com/page/55184/jefferson-landing-state-histo...
Union Hotel, Jefferson Landing SHS, Jefferson City, MO
**Missouri State Capitol Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 76001109, date listed 6/18/1976
Bounded roughly by Adams, McCarthy, Mulberry Sts. and the Missouri River
Jefferson City, MO (Cole County)
Captain Maus Building (formerly Jefferson Hotel), south corner of Jefferson and East State streets, ca. 1850. This building is a major feature of the historic district; it relates to the early commercial history of Jefferson City and is homogeneous in architectural design with the Jefferson Landing (Lehman's Landing) Building across the street (Site #4). It has been a hotel, boat store, produce store, and headquarters for Captain Maus (a steamboat agent). (pg 5) (1)
Charles Maus first named his hotel the Missouri Hotel and then later the Veranda Hotel. The name changed for a third and final time when Maus returned home from service during the Civil War. He renamed his hotel the Union Hotel as a declaration of his wartime sentiments.
After the war, river traffic slowed as the railroad offered cheaper and faster transportation. In the 1870s, both Lohman and Maus relocated their businesses away from the landing. The Union Hotel and the Lohman Building were used as storage and tenements until the early 20th century when they became a factory and offices for the Tweedie Shoe Co.
The state acquired the property in the 1960s with the initial intent of building a parking lot, but concerned citizens led by Elizabeth Rozier spearheaded a movement to preserve the buildings. The Lohman Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and in 1974, the state's bicentennial commission adopted the Jefferson Landing proposal as the state's official bicentennial project. The Lohman Building and Union Hotel were restored, and the Lohman Building was opened to the public on July 4, 1976, as the cornerstone of Jefferson Landing State Historic Site. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form catalog.archives.gov/id/63818680
(2) MO State Parks mostateparks.com/page/55184/jefferson-landing-state-histo...