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Title: Courthouse, Creston, Iowa, Union County Court House, Union County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the third courthouse built in Union County. After several attempts to move the county seat from Afton to Creston, the courthouse was located in Creston and completed in 1890 at a cost of $22,000. It was replaced by the current courthouse, built in 1952, at 300 North Pine Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 70898.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14685

Title: Hotel Dempsey, Davenport, Iowa
Description: On front: Hotel Dempsey, fireproof, garage in connection. The 3 story brick and stone hotel was constructed in 1913 and the building is located at 408 Main Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16956

Title: La Fayette Hotel, Clinton, Iowa, Cromwell Hotel, Lafayette Inn, Lafayette Hotel
Description: Looking south east at the "state of the art" venue for vaudevillians who frequented Clinton and often stayed there. The hotel opened in 1906 and was named after its key investor, Layfayette Lamp. It is currently known as the Lafayette Apartments and located at 143 Sixth Avenue South, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. On the Lincoln Highway, Horton & Warden. First Trans-Continental Sign erected on the Lincoln Highway. --title page. 1916 postmark. Number R-46249.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:13503