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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14502

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14497

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. In October 1864, the Baptist Church removed from its first location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 156804.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14019

Title: Old Stone Church, United Church of Christ, Congregational Church and high school, Grinnell, Iowa, First Congregational Church, Grinnell High School
Description: Looking north on Broad Street with horses and carriages and electrical lines. Often called the "Old Stone Church". Erected in the year 1877. 1910 postmark. Number 873.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13286

Title: Stewart Library, Stewart Public Library, Old Stone Church, Congregational Church and public library, Grinnell, Iowa, First Congregational Church
Description: Looking southeast on Broad Street. Often called the "Old Stone Church". Erected in the year 1877 costing $26,000 without furniture & the first church organized in Grinnell. The Rev. J.B. Grinnell was the founding pastor. Number 1305.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13291

Title: Marshall County Courthouse, Doctor S.A. Cravath's home, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Dr. Cravath gave up medicine to go into newspaper work and purchased half interest in the Grinnell Herald Register in 1872 until 1891. He was also president of the First National Bank and later he was president of the Grinnell Merchants Bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13941

Title: Grinnell Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Park Street. Grinnell's first municipal hospital was opened in 1908 at Sixth Avenue & Elm Street. The building is now a private residence. 1910 postmark. Number 938.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14514

Title: Steiner Hall, High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest 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. 1910 postmark. Number 937. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13805

Title: Monroe Hotel, Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Third Avenue. The Monroe Hotel was built in 1899. When the rail travel declined, the hotel fell on hard times and was torn down in 1970. Number 1220.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13692

Title: J.B. Grinnell's house, Fourth Avenue and Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south. Home of J.B. Grinnell and his wife Julia. The cellar was a registered stop in the Underground Railroad. A portion of the house was moved to Broad St south of Third Ave until the late 1970's.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14528