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Audubon County Court House, built 1939, Audubon, Iowa

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Looking southeast at a two-story brick & stone building completed in 1940 costing approximately $139,000. The second Audubon County Court House is one of ten courthouses built in Iowa during the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) program's operation in the 1930s. The county seat moved in 1879 to Audubon and in 1884 the county secured a $7,000 building to used as a courthouse and was demolished in 1939. Located at 318 Leroy Street, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. "VOTE YES on FEB. 10th and put the County Seat at CLARKFIELD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER."--t.p. verso.
creator Jensen Photo
Title Audubon County Court House, built 1939, Audubon, Iowa
Alternative TitleAudubon County Courthouse
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
photographer Jenssen Photo
Index Date 1943
Date Captured 3/7/06
Publisher EKC
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, undivided back
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Date Issued 1940-1945
citation/reference Iowa Judicial Branch, Audubon County Courthouse (https://www.iowacourts.gov/)
citation/reference The National Register of Historical Places (http://www.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 Audubon (Iowa)
Topic Advertising cards
Topic Government facilities
Topic Courthouses
Topic Political elections
Topic Voting
Topic Audubon County (Iowa)
Topic Jenssen Photo
Cartographic 41.721636, -94.930146
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_audubo0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_audubo0001
Identifier (local) grinnell:13919
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13919
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