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Title: Court House, Fairfield, Iowa, Jefferson County Courthouse, Jefferson County Court House
Description: Looking northeast at a five-story brick and stone structure in the Romanesque style. The building was erected around 1891 at the cost of $75,000 and contracted with Theodore Preston. The architect was H. C. Koch of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located at 51 West Briggs Avenue Suite 5, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Number 20.
PID: grinnell:15611

Title: Court House, Fairfield, Iowa, Jefferson County Courthouse, Jefferson County Court House
Description: Looking northeast at a five-story brick and stone structure with a horse and carriage out front. The building was erected around 1891 at the cost of $75,000 and contracted with Theodore Preston. The architect was H. C. Koch of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located at 51 West Briggs Avenue Suite 5, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 2274.
PID: grinnell:15982

Title: Court house and Soldier's Monument, Cresco, Iowa, Howard County Courthouse, Howard County Court House
Description: Looking northeast at an Italianate-Classic style building which was completed in 1880. The red and buff-colored brick used in its construction were made in the old McMillen Brick Plant. The courthouse association paid $5705.90 of the building cost, the county furnished $1040, and the contractors (B. D. Everingham and J. L. Harlow) were said to have lost $1825. There have been additions to the building, but the main structure is still much as it was when completed in 1880. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 130 North Park Place, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. Civil War Soldiers Monument is 30 feet high with a soldier atop a round granite column. There are inscriptions of soldiers on four sides at the base. Twenty-four Iowa courthouses had a civil war monument erected on the grounds. The courthouse is located at 137 North Elm Street, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 464.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16974

Title: Court house, Albia, Iowa, Monroe County Court House, Monroe County Courthouse, Cramer and Hollingshead Store
Description: Looking southwest from the corner of Main Street and Benton Avenue with the Cramer and Hollingshead store on the right. The Monroe County Courthouse was built in 1902 in the Classical Revival, Romanesque architectural style for approximately $100,000. O.O. Smith, Des Moines, Architect. James Rowson & Sons, Builders. It is located at 10 Benton Avenue East, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1925 postmark. Number 17209.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13527

Title: Court house, Atlantic, Iowa, Cass County Court House, Cass County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the Cass County Court House. The fourth and final courthouse constructed of Indiana limestone and standing three-stories high cost $119,000. It was dedicated on December 26, 1934. It was one of 10 county courthouses built in Iowa during the New Deal Era as part of the federal Public Works Administration. Located at 5 West Seventh Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, Listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number M-424.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13440

Title: Court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1907 postmark. Number A5377.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:18383

Title: Court house, Decorah, Iowa, Winneshiek Court House, Winneshiek County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the courthouse with the Civil War soldier monument shown on the left. This is the second courthouse in Decorah designed by architects Kinney & Detweiler and constructed by O.H. Olson contractors. The building, located at 201 West Main Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, was completed in 1904 at a cost of $125,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number P208.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16182

Title: Court house, Montezuma, Iowa, Poweshiek County Court House, Poweshiek County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest from East Main Street. The courthouse was completed in 1859 at a cost of $1,928.15 with an addition built in 1890 and major repairs done in 1933. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number N-333.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:18247

Title: Courthouse, Creston, Iowa, Union County Court House, Union County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the third courthouse built in Union County. After several attempts to move the county seat from Afton to Creston, the courthouse was located in Creston and completed in 1890 at a cost of $22,000. It was replaced by the current courthouse, built in 1952, at 300 North Pine Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 70898.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14685

Title: Dallas County Court House, Adel, Iowa, Dallas County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the fourth courthouse in Adel which was built in 1902 at a cost of $109,000. Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture. Located at 400 Public Square #2, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13872