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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: M-B Motel, Corning, Iowa
Description: The M-B Motel located 1 mile west on 34. It accepts A.A.A., A.M.H.A.. It is strictly modern, heated, insulated, OPEN ALL YEAR. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Inlow, Managers; Francis Mack & Clifford Bradley, Owners. "A nice place for nice people." - Verso.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16246

Title: Masonic Temple, Algona, Iowa, Rutherford House, Kossuth County Hotel, Algona Hospital
Description: Looking northeast at a building that housed lodgers as the Rutherford House around 1881, then was remodeled and used as the Algona Hospital from 1907 to 1931 and then the Masonic Temple in 1931. In 1973 the building was torn down to make room for a drive-up bank. Number S-109.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14278

Title: Norwegian American Historical Museum, Decorah, Iowa, Vesterheim: The National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center
Description: Looking northeast at a 3-story brick and stone building located at 520 West Water Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1877, Norwegian Americans began collecting and preserving objects at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, documenting their chapter of the immigrant story, making them pioneers in the preservation of cultural diversity in America. Number C241.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16178

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