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Iowa College buildings, Grinnell, Iowa

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Looking northwest. Blair Hall (right foreground) was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. Originally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics. Goodnow Hall (left background) was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark.
Title Iowa College buildings, Grinnell, Iowa
Supporting Host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1908
Type of Resource still image
Genre Postcards
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction info Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Date Issued 1908?
Topic Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Topic Grinnell (Iowa)
Topic Universities & colleges
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Lecture halls
Topic Grinnell College
Topic Iowa College
Cartographic 41.746384,-92.720595
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Identifier (local) ihpc_grinne0049
Identifier (local) grinnell:13358
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13358
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