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Allison Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Description
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Looking at a five-story brick and stone hotel building that once housed the Bishops cafeteria. The cafeteria closed in 1981 and the hotel was demolished in 1983 to create a new parking lot. 1915 postmark. Number 74. Series 189.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14137
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Title
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Birdseye view looking east, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Post Office and Federal Building, Cedar Rapids Business College
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Description
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Looking east on 2nd Avenue SE with the Cedar Rapids Post Office and Federal Building on the right and the Cedar Rapids Business College shown in the background. The post office and federal building was constructed in 1895 at a cost of $100,000 and renovated and enlarged in 1906 at a cost of $215,000 by James Knox Taylor, supervising architect of the United States Treasury. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Cedar Rapids Business College was constructed in 1911 and located on the corner of Second Avenue and Fifth Street. 1915 postmark. Number 74.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14138
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Title
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Grace Episcopal Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Grace Church
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Description
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Looking southwest from the corners of A Avenue NE and Sixth Street NE at the original small brick church, located on the corner of 6th Street and Avenue A was built in 1856 and expanded in 1873 and 1890. It was razed in 1948 and reconstructed in 1963 which still has the original side and back walls that were built in 1851. Located at 525 A Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Number 5777.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14481
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Title
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Mason Temple, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Scottish Rite
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Description
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Looking east on the corner of First Street and First Avenue. The second Mason Temple was built at a cost of $100,000 and was designed to take Cedar Rapids Masonry into the 20th century with a state of the art facility. It was later sold to the Order of Railroad Conductors to use as its national headquarters. The building was torn down during the urban renewal movement in Cedar Rapids in the 1960's. Number 6463.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14123