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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

Title: Adel State Bank, Adel, Iowa, Rexall Drug Store, Tawney, J.F.
Description: Looking northwest at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets at the Adel State Bank, the Rexall Drug Store, and J.F. Tawney's Grocery Store. The building was built in 1908. It is located at 901 Main Street, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 19.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14290

Title: Administration Building (Old Capitol), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Description: Administration Building (Old Capitol), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
PID: grinnell:15845

Title: Administration Building, Old Capitol, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Description: Administration Building, Old Capitol, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
PID: grinnell:16657

Title: Administration Building, Old Capitol, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Description: Administration Building, Old Capitol, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
PID: grinnell:16660

Title: Administration Building, State Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa, Anamosa State Penitentiary, Iowa Men's Reformatory
Description: Looking southwest at the Administration Building, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa's largest prison. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13489

Title: Administration building and Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. 1958 postmark. Number 65673. Series G-5.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:13451

Title: Magoun Hall, Chicago Hall, Administration building, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south from central campus. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1948 postmark. Number 22133. Series 9.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:13450