Question: Hotel Lester-Lester Cafe, also known as the Dodge House-Long Branch, is a historic building located in Mason City, Iowa, in which country, it was built as a two-story building a block away from the passenger and freight depots of the Chicago and North Western Railroad and the Chicago Great Western Railway?

<P0-S0>  Its construction, completed in 1915, was a project undertaken by local real estate developer Meir Wolf. <P0-S1>  It was built as a two-story building a block away from the passenger and freight depots of the Chicago and North Western Railroad and the Chicago Great Western Railway. <P0-S2>  The building was meant to be used as a railroad hotel so passengers and rail employees would not have to travel the six to eight blocks to the hotels downtown. <P0-S3> Hotel Lester-Lester Cafe, also known as the Dodge House-Long Branch, is a historic building located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. <P0-S4>  It is the only remaining railroad hotel left in Mason City. <P0-S5>  Hotel guests stayed in the 29 rooms on the second floor, and three commercial spaces on the first floor were occupied by a variety of restaurants, grocery stores and barbershops. <P0-S6>  Its most famous guest was track star Jesse Owens, who was in town in December 1937 for a basketball exhibition. <P0-S7>  He could not stay at the other hotel's in town because of his race. <P0-S8>  In 1975 the hotel's name was changed to the Dodge House and the Long Branch Saloon occupied the space that had previously housed a cafe. <P0-S9>  By that time it was largely used as a rooming house, and it was used to house the homeless. <P0-S10>  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. <SEP> <P1-S0> Minburn Railroad Depot is a historic building located in Minburn, Iowa, United States. <P1-S1>  The Des Moines Valley Railroad laid tracks from Des Moines to Fort Dodge in 1869, and the town was established the same year. <P1-S2>  A frame building was built for a depot. <P1-S3>  The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad leased the line in the 1890s, and the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway took over the line in 1906. <P1-S4>  The old depot was destroyed by fire and this brick structure replaced it in 1914. <P1-S5>  The last passenger train left the depot on April 19, 1959. <P1-S6>  The Chicago and North Western Railway acquired the line in 1960, and the last freight train used the depot the following year. <P1-S7>  A restoration process for the depot began in 2007, and it was relocated a short distance from its original location to a new location along the Raccoon River Valley Trail. <P1-S8>  It houses a cafe and restrooms for those who use the trail, which is the old railroad right-of-way. <P1-S9>  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. <SEP> <P2-S0> Hotel Mealey, also known as Hotel Iowan, is a historic building located in Oelwein, Iowa, United States. <P2-S1>  The Chicago Great Western Railway reached Oelwein in 1887, and beginning in 1893 they started to expand their operations in the city. <P2-S2>  Because they moved their shops here, Oelwein experienced a building boom, including this hotel. <P2-S3>  St. Paul businessman Michael Mealey, whose son James was a local merchant, was responsible for organizing the hotel. <P2-S4>  The Chicago architectural firm of Marvel & DeMoney designed the building, and Thomas Fitzpatrick of St. Paul was the contractor. <P2-S5>  The first three floors of the brick structure were completed in 1898, and the top floor was added in 1916. <P2-S6>  The Boss hotel chain operated the hotel from 1920 to 1969. <P2-S7>  The hotel's fortunes began to change in 1964 when the Chicago Great Western and the Chicago and North Western Railroad began a merger, and operations in Oelwein were diminished over time. <P2-S8>  A major ongoing hotel lease was canceled in 1980 that resulted in the hotel's demise. <P2-S9>  It was last known as the Hotel Iowan. <P2-S10>  The building was converted into residential use. <P2-S11>  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. <SEP> <P3-S0>  It was also known as the North Western. <P3-S1>  The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. <P3-S2> The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. <P3-S3>  Until 1972, when the company was sold to its employees, it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway (or Chicago and North Western Railway Company).