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Title
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Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
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Description
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One of the first hotels in Creston, Iowa, the Summit Hotel, was built in 1880 by a stock company composed of Swan & Becker and Colonel Beckwith, among others, and was destroyed by fire in 1896. The hotel owners rebuilt on the same site later that year, but shortly before midnight on December 1916 another fire destroyed the building. The loss was estimated at $200,000 and defective electrical wiring was believed to have caused the fire. Creston centennial card, 1869-1969.
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Date Created
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1914
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PID
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grinnell:16226
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Title
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Adel State Bank, Adel, Iowa, Rexall Drug Store, Tawney, J.F.
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Description
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Looking northwest at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets at the Adel State Bank, the Rexall Drug Store, and J.F. Tawney's Grocery Store. The building was built in 1908. It is located at 901 Main Street, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 19.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14290
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Title
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Albia hospital, Albia, Iowa, Miner's Hospital, Smith Hospital, Miller, Robert P., Gutch, T.E.
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Description
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Looking at the first hospital in Monroe County which was formed in 1909 at the corner of South Clinton and Second Avenue East. It was a former boarding house owned by Dr. Robert P. Miller. In later years, Dr. T.E. Gutch operated the facility then known as the Miner’s Hospital. This hospital closed during World War I due to a shortage of nursing staff. In 1946, after some reconstruction, the hospital was re-opened by Dr. R.A. Smith and was known as Smith Hospital. Monroe County Residents gradually grew out of the Smith Hospital. In 1952, a new hospital was built and the Smith Hospital closed in 1957. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14285
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Title
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Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
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Description
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Looking west at the opera house was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14273
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Title
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Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
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Description
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Looking northwest at the opera house (pictured on the left) was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14274
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Title
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Audubon County Court House, built 1939, Audubon, Iowa, Audubon County Courthouse
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Description
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Looking southeast at a two-story brick & stone building completed in 1940 costing approximately $139,000. The second Audubon County Court House is one of ten courthouses built in Iowa during the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) program's operation in the 1930s. The county seat moved in 1879 to Audubon and in 1884 the county secured a $7,000 building to used as a courthouse and was demolished in 1939. Located at 318 Leroy Street, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. "VOTE YES on FEB. 10th and put the County Seat at CLARKFIELD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER."--t.p. verso.
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Date Created
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1943
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PID
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grinnell:13919
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Title
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Band stand, Central Park, Charles City, Iowa
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Description
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Woman and child sitting on the Central Park bandstand. The third block (Block 9) from the river along Mill Street (now North Main Street) was envisioned by city planners, Joseph and Malinda Kelly to be the center of the city so he set it aside as the public square, and it has ever since remained open as public land and park. It is now named Central Park. Central Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the North Main Street Historic District. 1918 postmark. Number A-58774.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14572
