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St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa

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This St. Patrick's Academy building, built in 1908 by C.F. Mayer, a contractor from Humboldt, Iowa, replaced the white wooden academy built in 1887 due to lack of space. The new academy had a full basement and four floors. It was heated with steam heat and electricity. The first floor held high school classroom and an auditorium; the third floor held rooms for the nuns, the fourth floor or attic had several rooms for roomers who stayed at the convent. The building was destroyed by fire in 1910. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Title St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1908
Publisher AZO
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Note Sepia
citation/reference "A Salute to Danbury, Iowa" by Fourth Freedom Thomas, 1965 (http://www.danbury-ia.com/)
Date Issued 1908?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Schools
Topic Private schools
Topic Religious education
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Woodbury (Iowa)
Topic Danbury (Iowa)
Cartographic 42.236819, -95.717540
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_danbur0004
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_danbur0004
Identifier (local) grinnell:16962
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16962
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