Looking southwest at the Administration Building, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa's largest prison. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Title
Administration Building, State Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa
Alternative Title
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Alternative Title
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Index Date
1910
Date Captured
9/10/07
Type of Resource
still image
Genre
postcard
Physical Extent
1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium
Hand-tinted color print, divided back.
Date Issued
1910?
Note
Purchase or donation
Note
Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language
English
Topic
Jones County (Iowa)
Topic
Anamosa (Iowa)
Topic
Detention facilities
Topic
Prisons
Topic
Reformatories
Topic
Iowa State Reformatory (Iowa)
Cartographic
42.111364, -91.291243
Keyword
406 North High Street, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
Classification
MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_anamos0002
Related Item
Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item
Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local)
ihpc_anamos0002
Identifier (local)
grinnell:13489
Access Condition
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