E.W. Loft, of the firm of Corry & Loft, architects, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1855, and came to Sioux City in 1881.
G.W. Lower, former proprietor of Depot Hotel, was born in Onandaigua County, N.Y., in 1826; removed to Walworth County, Wis., in 1845; thence to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and to this city in 1868.
