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Grinnell High School, High School, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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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. 1908 postmark. Number 61. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:13809
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Iowa College buildings, Grinnell, Iowa
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Looking northwest. Blair Hall (right foreground) was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. Originally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics. Goodnow Hall (left background) was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:13358
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Newton High School, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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The Newton High School was erected in 1907 at a cost of $72,000. It was built on the most modern and approved plans for school buildings, even to the items of sanitary drinking fountains. In 1957 high school grades 10-12 were moved to the new high school and the this building became part of the junior high campus. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14451
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Public school, Mingo,Iowa
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Two story wooden schoolhouse with bell tower with school children standing outside. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:14343
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Up the Walk Palmer College, Le Grand, Iowa
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Built in 1878 and originally named the LeGrand Christian Institute, the building was closed in 1885 due to financial problems. It was reopened 1889 renamed the LeGrand Christian College, but financial problems persisted until a benefactor, H.A. Palmer donated a large sum to which the college was renamed in 1897 to Palmer College. The college was closed in 1912 when it was moved to Albany, Missouri. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:13505