Search results | Digital Grinnell

Title: Public library, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Carnegie Library, Free Public Library
Description: Looking southwest at the Carnegie Library which was built in 1904 and opened as a "Free Public Library" for all. The building is currently used as the Union Pacific Railroad Museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 200 Pearl Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 91424.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:18380

Title: Public library, Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Public Library, Carnegie Library
Description: This 1904 Carnegie Library, the largest west of the Mississippi River, was built at the cost of $75,000 and donated by Andrew Carnegie. The building was designed by Boston architect Calvin Kiessling. It was located at 399 North Main Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and due to structural damage, the Carnegie building was demolished in 1968. Number 6693.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:18458

Title: Public library, Eagle Grove, Iowa, Eagle Grove Public Library, Carnegie library, Eagle Grove Historical Society
Description: Looking northwest at an example of Carnegie Library architecture in the Beaux-Arts style completed in 1903 by architects Smith and Gage from Des Moines, Iowa. It is currently being used as the Eagle Grove Historical Society. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 210 West Broadway Street, Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16018

Title: Public library, Grinnell, Iowa, Stewart Library
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 994.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13630

Title: Newton Public Library, Public library, Newton, Iowa
Description: Two-story brick Carnegie Library built in 1902 for $10,000 and demolished in 1994. Number 5028.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13684

Title: Public school building, Arispe, Iowa, Arispe Public School
Description: Two story wooden building with bell tower. Arispe Public School was established in 1905 at a cost of $3,000. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13926

Title: Public school, Alta, Iowa, High school
Description: Looking at a three-story wooden building with a bell tower. The first school building was built in 1876.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13786

Title: Public school, Alvord, Iowa
Description: School children, teachers and school administrators are posing in front of their two-story wooden school building with bell tower.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14263