Charles F. Craver, owner of Craver & Steele manufacturers, built this large Italianate residence in 1883, after his original home at Seventh and Broad was destroyed by the 1882 cyclone.
Photograph of the destruction at Seventh Avenue and Broad Street, looking west, following the cyclone of 1882. The storm left the house in the foreground, owned by Charles F. Craver, in ruins. The house in the background, owned by L. C. Phelps, lost its roof and east wall.
Photograph of the aftermath of the 1882 cyclone that destroyed much of the town of Grinnell. Broad Street is at left, and Seventh Avenue runs through the center of the image.
