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Title: East side square, Centerville, Iowa, Ritz Theater, Continental Hotel, Owl Drugs, The Fashion Shop, Montgomery Ward order office, Allen's, Bowling alley
Description: Looking northeast at the Continental Hotel with a drug store, shoe store, Montgomery Ward store and a bowling alley in the front. A Schlitz sign is also in front of a bar. The courthouse square historic district is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Number N307.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14574

Title: Hotel Colfax, Colfax, Iowa, "Saratoga of the West"
Description: Built by the Old M.C. Springs Development and Improvement Company around 1882 at a cost of $100,000, the Hotel Colfax was originally known as the "Saratoga of the West" and located near the Old Magnesian Chalybeate. After the corporation's management failed in 1892, the hotel was sold to Wesley Jordan for $10,000. In 1904 the hotel was once again losing money so it was sold at a sheriff's sale to Col. James P. Donahue of Davenport. He invested between $600,000 and $700,000 in the property over a four-year period by adding 200 rooms, an electric railway into Colfax, and remodeling of both the inside and outside of the building in a Moorish design. The building was named a miniature city due to the garage and ice and cold storage plants, its electric powerhouse, pumping system and laundry. It is located at 900 North League Road, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa and is currently being used by Teen Challenge of the Midlands. Number 17186.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14568

Title: M.E Church, Colfax, Iowa, Colfax Methodist Episcopal Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Looking southwest at the corner entrance of the Colfax Methodist Episcopal Church. It was completed in 1878 costing about $2,400 and is located at 7 South Locust Street, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa. 1940 postmark. Number 17191.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13461

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: Public library, Adel, Iowa, Adel Public Library
Description: This one-story building is one of Adel's oldest structures, having been built in 1879. It served as the Presbyterian Church until 1924 and was later converted to a library by the city. Number A-5510.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14454

Title: Street scene, Adel, Iowa, Reynolds Grocer & Baker, City Market, The Leader, Cuzad & Freeman, Drugs & Jewelry
Description: Looking east on Main Street. Buildings with newspaper, drugstore, jewelry store, clothing store, grocer, baker and city market.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13305