Historic Hutchison Building

Most of you know us for the "slide" running through the center of our building but do you know the history behind us? Stay tuned as we share all of the history of this property and the grounds on which it stands

We found a bunch of these letters between Hutchison and the Brighton Canning Company. We thought this one to be particularly interesting.

The recent news of the Hotel Ottumwa got us thinking about this article we found the other day that highlights the efforts by Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Steffen to revitalize downtown Ottumwa in the early 80's