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Title: City court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1904 postmark. Number 5454. Copyright 1904 by H.K. Barnett.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:16978

Title: Court House, Centreville [sp.], Iowa, Courthouse, Centerville, Iowa, Appanoose County Court House
Description: Looking northwest. The cornerstone for the court house was laid on May 21, 1903, costing $90,600 to build. The architectural style is late 19th and 20th Century Revivals. It is located at 201 North 12th Street, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, and listed on the National Register for Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Number 124380. Series C 5817.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13927

Title: Court house and Soldier's Monument, Cresco, Iowa, Howard County Courthouse, Howard County Court House
Description: Looking northeast at an Italianate-Classic style building which was completed in 1880. The red and buff-colored brick used in its construction were made in the old McMillen Brick Plant. The courthouse association paid $5705.90 of the building cost, the county furnished $1040, and the contractors (B. D. Everingham and J. L. Harlow) were said to have lost $1825. There have been additions to the building, but the main structure is still much as it was when completed in 1880. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 130 North Park Place, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. Civil War Soldiers Monument is 30 feet high with a soldier atop a round granite column. There are inscriptions of soldiers on four sides at the base. Twenty-four Iowa courthouses had a civil war monument erected on the grounds. The courthouse is located at 137 North Elm Street, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 464.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16974

Title: Court house, Albia, Iowa, Monroe County Court House, Monroe County Courthouse, Cramer and Hollingshead Store
Description: Looking southwest from the corner of Main Street and Benton Avenue with the Cramer and Hollingshead store on the right. The Monroe County Courthouse was built in 1902 in the Classical Revival, Romanesque architectural style for approximately $100,000. O.O. Smith, Des Moines, Architect. James Rowson & Sons, Builders. It is located at 10 Benton Avenue East, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1925 postmark. Number 17209.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13527

Title: Court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1907 postmark. Number A5377.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:18383

Title: Courthouse, Creston, Iowa, Union County Court House, Union County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the third courthouse built in Union County. After several attempts to move the county seat from Afton to Creston, the courthouse was located in Creston and completed in 1890 at a cost of $22,000. It was replaced by the current courthouse, built in 1952, at 300 North Pine Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 70898.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14685

Title: Dallas County Court House, Adel, Iowa, Dallas County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the fourth courthouse in Adel which was built in 1902 at a cost of $109,000. Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture. Located at 400 Public Square #2, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13872

Title: Floyd County Court House, Charles City, Iowa, Floyd County Courthouse
Description: This second courthouse was erected in 1881 on the foundation of the old building [which was destroyed by fire]. It was built of the best brick, finished with stone trimmings, and handsomely designed. The total cost was $17,000. It was condemned in 1939 and a new building was erected in its place in 1940. It was located at 101 South Main Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Number 244.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:14561

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Polk County Courthouse from 5th Avenue. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 6414.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18794

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 569.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:15561