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Title: St. Mary's Church, Alton, Iowa, Saint Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Description: Looking southwest at the Catholic church made of Romanesque architecture and pressed brick and stone with two towers of the same height. The church was constructed in 1908, and Martin Heer from Dubuque was the architect. It is located at 609 10th Street, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa. 1911 postmark. Number 3.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13550

Title: St. Mary's Church, Clinton, Iowa, Saint Mary's Church, Jesus Christ Prince of Peace Catholic Parish, St. Mary's Catholic Church
Description: Built mostly by immigrants, St. Mary's Church took four long years to complete from 1884-1888. The rectory was added in 1896. The church was demolished in 2009. 1909 postmark. Number 48999.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13298

Title: St. Patrick's Academy destroyed by fire February 18, 1910, Danbury, Iowa
Description: The aftermath of the fire at St. Patrick's Academy in 1910. The building was a total loss from a fire that started in the belfry of the academy. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16209

Title: St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16962

Title: St. Patrick's Church, Clinton, Iowa, Saint Patrick's Church, St. Patrick's Parish
Description: St. Patrick Church was built in 1905 at a cost of $40,000, closed in 1997 and was demolished in 2005. It was located at 240 Fourth Avenue North, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13640

Title: St. Paul's Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Description: Looking at the front entrance of a two-story Gothic stone building completed in 1886. This church was torn down in 1974 due to a sinking foundation. It was located as part of the property where the current courthouse sits. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:18382

Title: St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa, Saint Raphael's Cathedral, Saint Raphael's Church
Description: Looking west at a stone cathedral. In 1839 Father Mazzuchelli directed the construction of a large building at the back of the cathedral. This structure served the bishop and was used to house Saint Raphael's Seminary, lowa’s first diocesan college. The steeple was completed in 1876, stained glass windows imported from London were installed in 1889. Verso says: In 1835 Father Mazzuchelli, famed missionary, built the stone church which later became St. Raphael's Cathedral. 1964 postmark. Number 66605-B.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:16029

Title: Stable Gang Troop H, 2nd U.S. Calvary, Chariton, Iowa, Stable Gang Troop H, Second U.S. Calvary, Chariton, Iowa
Description: Eleven men from the Second U.S. Cavalry, Troop H, sitting on bags of supply rations in front of a camp. Number 5.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14105

Title: State Capitol Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building with the Pioneers of the Territory monument (1892) designed and completed by Karl Gerhardt for a cost of $4,500 in the foreground. The building was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16129

Title: State Capitol Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building with the Pioneers of the Territory monument (1892) designed and completed by Karl Gerhardt for a cost of $4,500 in the foreground. The building was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number P4079. Series IA-21.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14699