Photograph of Company K in front of the Preston Opera House at 831 Main Street. Built in 1878, the brick building was modified many times and eventually became a two-story structure.
Title
831 Main Street
Alternative Title
Company K by the Preston Opera House
Alternative Title
Main Street
owner
Preston, Samuel Jackson, 1832-1914
Index Date
1898
Date Captured
2009
photographed
1898
Publisher
Grinnell College
Note
Company K, shown here on its way to the Spanish-American War, used the third floor of the opera house as an armory. Also pictured are the Fair (a five-and-dime store), the New York Chop House (awning visible), and Grinnell House.
provenance history.
Gift of John Kleinschmidt, 1997
constructed
1878
Topic
Architecture--United States
Topic
Central business districts
Topic
Commercial buildings
Topic
Soldiers
Topic
Theaters
Geographic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Geographic
Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Temporal
Eighteen nineties
Related Item
John Kleinschmidt Collection
Related Item
Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Genre
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph, b&w, 25 x 18 cm
Media Type
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Language
English
Identifier (local)
grinnell:3318
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/3318
Physical Location
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Shelf Locator
MS 39, Series 3 Photographs, Box 2: Commercial
Access Condition
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