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Title: Jefferson School, Creston, Iowa, Jefferson Elementary School
Description: Looking northeast at the Jefferson Elementary School which was constructed in 1937, and designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Dougher, Rich & Woodburn in the Moderne style. The building is located at 501 North Cherry Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16278

Title: Junior-senior high school, built 1931-1932, Charles City, Iowa, Charles City Middle School, Charles City Junior High School
Description: The original building at this location was built in 1899 but was destroyed by a fire in 1931 and rebuilt in 1932 at 500 North Grand Avenue, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:13894

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: Rawson School, Corning, Iowa
Description: Looking at the entrance to a three-story brick and stone building built in 1882. Number 71.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16981

Title: Sacred Heart Academy, Ackley, Iowa
Description: Two story brick building with a tower. Sacred Heart Academy was a private Catholic school which opened in 1877, staffed by two Presentation sisters and two laywomen.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14293

Title: School for Deaf and Dumb, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Iowa State Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Iowa School for the Deaf
Description: The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and the 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the-art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 21929.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18378

Title: St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa
Description: This St. Patrick's Academy building, built in 1908 by C.F. Mayer, a contractor from Humboldt, Iowa, replaced the white wooden academy built in 1887 due to lack of space. The new academy had a full basement and four floors. It was heated with steam heat and electricity. The first floor held high school classroom and an auditorium; the third floor held rooms for the nuns, the fourth floor or attic had several rooms for roomers who stayed at the convent. The building was destroyed by fire in 1910. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16962