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Taylor County Court House and jail, Bedford, Iowa

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Looking northeast at the three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style building. The courthouse was completed in 1893 at a cost of $38,810. E.M. Ellison, Architect. Allen H. Chaffie, Builder. It is made of pressed brick and Bedford limestone. Located at 405 Jefferson Street, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register for Historic Places. The sheriff's office and jail are in the brick building to the right of the courthouse. 1911 postmark. Number 163.
Title Taylor County Court House and jail, Bedford, Iowa
Alternative TitleTaylor County Courthouse
Index Date 1911
Date Captured 3/7/06
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Date Issued 1911?
citation/reference National Register of Historic Places (https://npgallery.nps.gov/)
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Taylor County (Iowa)
Topic Bedford (Iowa)
Topic Government facilities
Topic Court houses
Topic Courthouses
Topic Detention facilities
Topic Jails
Cartographic 40.668302, -94.719915
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_bedfor0009
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_bedfor0009
Identifier (local) grinnell:13624
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13624
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