Hotel Josephine - About the Hotel

About the Hotel

Presidential signature in original guest register

Travel back to an era when fourteen passenger trains stopped daily at the Holton Depot and horses and buggies were the norm. Add your name to the century old register along with President Grover Cleveland, Vice-President Charles Curtis, Carrie Nation, and more recently Kirstie Alley, all past visitors to the Hotel Josephine.

The Hotel Josephine is located one block east of Holton's historic town square where you can enjoy a peaceful stroll along the brick lined Heritage Walk. Shop at stores where friendly, personal attention is the norm, or sit at a park bench, relax, and enjoy the sights and sounds of a town Norman Rockwell could have painted.

The hotel includes modern amenities while being richly decorated with antiques dating back to its opening. Each room is uniquely different, but all have phones, private bathrooms, air conditioning, and cable television.

Whether you are a business traveler, vacationer, romantic, or historian, the Hotel Josephine has something to offer everyone. The hotel is available for business meetings, corporate retreats, family reunions, church groups, receptions, and tour in addition to normal lodging. Come for a night, a weekend, or a week and we will be happy to accommodate you.

From the time you enter the lobby, where Josephine's graduation picture hangs above the large piano, circa 1886, to the breakfast room, where a complete continental breakfast is served each morning, you will enjoy a relaxing visit to a simpler time.

Wake up with your morning coffee or relax in the evening on our outdoor patio just off the breakfast room, weather permitting. Or, take in the quiet charm in the Victorian lobby as you relax in a century old sofa.