- * (x)
- Digital Grinnell (x)
- History and criticism (x)
- Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives (x)
- Vehicles (x)
- 42.024988, -95.358887 (x)
- Government facilities (x)
- Search results
-
-
Title
-
Court House, Fairfield, Iowa, Jefferson County Courthouse, Jefferson County Court House
-
Description
-
Looking northeast at a five-story brick and stone structure with a horse and carriage out front. The building was erected around 1891 at the cost of $75,000 and contracted with Theodore Preston. The architect was H. C. Koch of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located at 51 West Briggs Avenue Suite 5, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 2274.
-
PID
-
grinnell:15982
-
-
Title
-
Court house, Decorah, Iowa, Winneshiek Court House, Winneshiek County Courthouse
-
Description
-
Looking southwest at the courthouse with the Civil War soldier monument shown on the left. This is the second courthouse in Decorah designed by architects Kinney & Detweiler and constructed by O.H. Olson contractors. The building, located at 201 West Main Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, was completed in 1904 at a cost of $125,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number P208.
-
Date Created
-
1945
-
PID
-
grinnell:16182
-
-
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
-
Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
-
Description
-
Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 569.
-
Date Created
-
1910
-
PID
-
grinnell:15561
-
-
Title
-
Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
-
Description
-
Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1922 postmark. Number R-75833.
-
Date Created
-
1922
-
PID
-
grinnell:14681
-
-
Title
-
Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
-
Description
-
Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa with car parked in front and flag on top of building. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Number 49857.
-
Date Created
-
1914
-
PID
-
grinnell:14234
-
-
Title
-
Post office, Creston, Iowa, Creston Post Office
-
Description
-
Looking northeast at a Georgian Revival, Beaux Arts building, designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury, built in 1901. It housed the post office on the main floor and a federal courtroom on the second floor. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The post office has subsequently been relocated to a more modern building, and this building has been converted into commercial space located at 281 North Maple Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number B415.
-
Date Created
-
1940
-
PID
-
grinnell:16969
-
-
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
-
-
Title
-
United States Post Office, Cherokee, Iowa
-
Description
-
Looking northwest at the original post office which was established in 1925 and located at 207 North 2nd Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. Number 8A747.
-
Date Created
-
1938
-
PID
-
grinnell:14083