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Title: Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH)
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Dedicated on November 24, 1916, the three-story Tudor-style building with Gothic features was part of a campus-wide modernization effort prompted by rising enrollment. It is the college's general classroom building. 1950 postmark. Number 9631.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13415

Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall
Description: Looking northeast at the front steps of Carnegie Library. An Andrew Carnegie library built in 1904 for $50,000. Number 929.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13909

Title: Central Building, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Beardshear Hall, Iowa State University
Description: Looking northwest at the Central Building. It was built in 1908 costing just over $400,000. In 1938, it was renamed Beardshear Hall after William M. Beardshear who was president of the college from 1891 to 1902. 1911 postmark. Number 5342. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13492

Title: Central Hall, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Central Building, Beardshear Hall, Iowa State University
Description: Looking south at the Central Building. It was built in 1906 costing just over $400,000. In 1938, it was renamed Beardshear Hall after William M. Beardshear who was president of the college from 1891 to 1902. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1923 postmark. Number 588.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:13347

Title: Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, German-English College, German-English Normal School, Administration Building
Description: Sponsored by the Northwest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the German-English College was built in 1892. The name of the college was changed to Charles City College in 1894. The Administration Building was torn down during the Depression. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13844

Title: Darby Gymnasium, Darby Gym, Darby fieldhouse and mens gymnasium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. Darby Gym was constructed in 1942 and razed in 2004. Cost was $125,000. Number 22415N. Series 13.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13457

Title: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
Description: Looking northeast at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18535

Title: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
Description: Looking northwest at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Number 28.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18534

Title: Elliott's Business College, Burlington, Iowa, Elliott's School of Shorthand, Elliott Business College, Hedge Building, Johnson-Rasmussen Building, Orchard City Business College
Description: Looking southwest at a three-story Victorian Gothic commercial style building built in the 1880s and made of limestone, brick, slate roof and terra cotta. "Elliott's School of Shorthand" is located on the left side of the building facing North Fourth Street. There is a book store, "Wonder Market" and Bijou on the building facing Jefferson Street. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Dunham to be a showplace for the city. Between 1880 and 1913, a business college (Orchard City Business College, later called Elliott's Business College) occupied the second and third floors of the corner portion. Elliott's Business College was founded by George W. Elliott and was the successor to Burlington Commercial College and Burlington Business College, which operated from 1856. It is located at 401 Jefferson Street, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, and is listed in the Natonal Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13460