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Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa
Title
Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
Description
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.
Date Created
1914
PID
grinnell:16226
Main Street, Collins, Iowa
Title
Main Street, Collins, Iowa, The Gazette
Description
Looking south on Main Street with a sign for The Gazette in the left background. The Collins Gazette was a weekly publication from 1906-1958. 1914 postmark.
Date Created
1914
PID
grinnell:16885