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Title: Depot, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Chicago & North Western depot, Chicago and Northwestern Depot
Description: Looking southeast. The smaller building on the left is the baggage building and the larger building is the depot.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13891

Title: Depot, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Depot, Chicago & North Western railroad depot
Description: Looking southwest. The first building on the left is the baggage building and the second building is the depot. The house just beyond the depot is the Burley House, owned by Mrs. B.B. Burley. Two railroad employees are standing near the tracks on the right.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13889

Title: Dirt road, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Dirt road with utility poles on the right near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14189

Title: E.E. Earl, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Photo inset of man sitting outdoors reading a letter. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14191

Title: Eighth Avenue, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th Avenue, Congregational Church, First Congregational Church, Christ United Methodist Church
Description: Looking at 8th Avenue with the Congregational Church on the left foreground and the Methodist Episcopal Church on the left background. 1918 postmark. Number 1.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13320

Title: Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa, Herring Hotel, The Herring, Hotel Herring, The Graham House Hotel
Description: Looking northwest from Eighth Avenue at The Herring Cottage, owned and operated by William P. Herring (shown on front steps) who ran a small auto bus from the hotel to the railroad depot to pick up guests and deliver them back to the train. The hotel was originally built in Colonial Revival style in 1900, designed by Cedar Rapids architect, Charles A. Dieman, and contracted by James Park of Belle Plaine. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13790

Title: High school, Belle Plaine, Iowa, North Side School
Description: Two story brick building. In 1880 the North school building was put up at a cost of $16,000. William Young of Marshalltown did the brick work and roofing and L. Wallace and Son did the carpenter work. 1908 postmark. Number 4408.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14192

Title: High school, Belle Plaine, Iowa, North Side School
Description: Two story brick building. In 1880 the North school building was put up at a cost of $16,000. William Young of Marshalltown did the brick work and roofing and L. Wallace and Son did the carpenter work. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14197

Title: High school, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Two story brick building. Original site of the North School Building, this is the third school built in 1921 on this location to replace another building that was built in 1912 and gutted by fire on January 1, 1921. Number 61181.
Date Created: 1926
PID: grinnell:14458

Title: Iowa River bridge, Belle Plaine, Iowa, South Bridge
Description: The Iowa River lattice through truss bridge was located just south of Belle Plaine, Iowa. Number E9363.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14195