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Title: "Central School", Algona, Iowa, Central School
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building built in 1886 with children in front. The building was torn down in 1930 to make room for the new high school building. 1914 postmark. Number 044.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13895

Title: Academy and Catholic Church, Charles City, Iowa, Immaculate Conception Grade School, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Academy Immaculate
Description: Three story brick and stone church building (1203 Clark Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) in the background with three story brick and stone school building in foreground. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14096

Title: Akron Public School, Akron, Iowa
Description: The two-story brick building was built in1882, at a cost of $10,000. Additions were made in 1907 at a cost of $6,000. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14286

Title: Allerton High School, Allerton, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building which was built in 1901. It replaced the old school which was destroyed by a fire in 1900. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14277

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: Ballard Hall, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa
Description: Looking north at a four-story brick and stone building. Ballard Hall was the first dormitory constructed in 1902 which was designed by Chicago architect Henry K. Holsman. Parsons College was closed in 1973 and the campus was later purchased in 1974 by Maharishi International University. 1923 postmark. Number R-85405.
PID: grinnell:15975

Title: Catholic school, Early, Iowa, Sacred Heart School
Description: Looking at a three-story brick schoolhouse in Early, Iowa, built in 1913 at a cost of $14,000. The school offered a 12-year course and the Sisters of Mercy from Wilkes-Barre, Penn., came to teach and lived in the living quarters on the third floor of the school. Number 5.
PID: grinnell:16012

Title: Cedar Valley Hospital, Charles City, Iowa, Charles City College, Comprehensive Systems, Inc., German-English College, German-English Normal School
Description: Looking south from Clark Street, the two story brick and stone building was built in 1892 and originally used as a college. The girls' dormitory was used as a hospital starting around 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. In 1970 the building became the home of Comprehensive Systems, Inc. and is located at 1700 Clark Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. 1946 postmark. Number A373.
Date Created: 1946
PID: grinnell:13371

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: Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Iowa
Description: The first Clearfield High School was built in 1898 of pressed brick containing 11 rooms at a cost of $20,000. The building was destroyed by fire on March 24, 1940, on Easter Sunday and a new building was completed in 1941. That building was closed in 1986. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14038