Tampico Hotel

Tampico Hotel: Built by E. C. Cain
File # 1993-116-1 I am not sure where the info came from that says E. C. Cain built this building, but the 1877 History of Whiteside county reads as follows: "The first visitation by fire was in the spring of 1872 when the village had hardly cast off its swaddling clothes. At that time the frame hotel of Maurice FITZGERALD, and a portion of the store belonging to Mr. CAIN, were burned, the former's loss alone being $4,250, and the whole loss over $5,000. Mr. FITZGERALD immediately afterwards commence building the present Tampico House, and before the summer was half over had it ready for the reception of guests."