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Title: Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH)
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Dedicated on November 24, 1916, the three-story Tudor-style building with Gothic features was part of a campus-wide modernization effort prompted by rising enrollment. It is the college's general classroom building. 1950 postmark. Number 9631.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13415

Title: Darby Gymnasium, Darby Gym, Darby fieldhouse and mens gymnasium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. Darby Gym was constructed in 1942 and razed in 2004. Cost was $125,000. Number 22415N. Series 13.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13457

Title: Steiner Hall, Herrick Chapel and Christian Associations Building, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa], Herrick Chapel & Christian Associations Building, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking southeast.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13635

Title: High school, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. Number 21160. Series 1. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13812

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - March 20, 1942
Description: Jimmy talks about recent new concerning the war and mentions for the first time that he will most likely have to serve for a long time. He wonders if he should attend summer school to try to speed up his graduation.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11530

Title: Iowa Theatre, Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south inside the bank with teller cages and view of stained glass windows. 1918 postmark. Built in 1914 by Louis H. Sullivan, "father of the American skyscraper", the Merchant's National Bank was one of a number of "jewel box" banks built in small midwestern communities.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13393

Title: Poweshiek County National Bank, Poweshiek County Bank, Brenton Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north. Built in 1914 by Louis H. Sullivan, "father of the American skyscraper", the Merchant's National Bank was one of a number of "jewel box" banks built in small midwestern communities.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13392

Title: Poweshiek County National Bank, Poweshiek County Bank, Brenton Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Built in 1914 by Louis H. Sullivan, "father of the American skyscraper", the Merchant's National Bank was one of a number of "jewel box" banks built in small midwestern communities. Number 46770.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13395

Title: Presidents home, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Park Street. Grinnell House was the home of each president of the College from 1917 to 1961. The building was designed by William H. Brainerd and was opened in 1917 as the home of President and Mrs. John H.T. Main. It was changed into a guest house in the early 1960's. Located at 1011 Park Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Number B-147
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:13412