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Title: New Post Office, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the two-story limestone and granite post office building designed by architect James Knox Taylor and completed in 1910 at a cost of $488,016.67. It was the first federally-sponsored post office in Des Moines specifically designed for only that purpose. Post operations had previously been on the first floor of the "Old Federal Building" at Fifth and Court Avenue (built 1870, razed 1968) beginning in 1870. Postal operations moved from the Walnut Street building in 1971 to a much larger facility at Second and University Avenue. This building is used for county offices. It is located on East Walnut Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 604.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14679

Title: Page County Court House, Clarinda, Iowa, Page County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the two story Italianate, gothic building which was built at a cost of $86,500 in 1887. The building was gutted in a fire in 1991 and the restored courthouse (including clock tower) was rededicated in 1994. Located at 112 E. Main Street, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register for Historic Places. Number 48108.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:14563

Title: Picturesque scenes in Fairfield, Iowa, Fairfield Public Library, West Broadway Street, Court house, Jefferson County Court House, Main Street, Fairfield Hall, Parson's College, Logan School, Library
Description: A multiview of Fairfield, Iowa, from top to bottom, left to right. Looking down a quiet residential street on West Broadway. Looking northeast at the Jefferson County Court House which was designed by H.C. Koch and constructed of brick and stone in 1891-93 at the cost of close to $74,000. The building is built in the Victorian Romanesque style. Looking North on Main Street. Fairfield Hall was designed by architect Henry K. Holsman, and completed in 1903 and contains elements of the Beaux Arts style. Logan School was built in 1890. The Fairfield Public Library is a Carnegie Library built in 1893 at a cost of $40,000 and designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by architect Appleton Prentiss Clark, Jr., Washington, DC. Contractor was C. Stafford, Kansas City, Kansas.
PID: grinnell:15976

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Polk County Courthouse from 5th Avenue. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 6414.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18794

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 569.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:15561

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1922 postmark. Number R-75833.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:14681

Title: Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa, with a man walking on the sidewalk. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14233

Title: Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa with car parked in front and flag on top of building. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Number 49857.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14234

Title: Post office, Audubon, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a one-story brick building located at 428 Tracy Street, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Number D-599.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14230

Title: Post office, Creston, Iowa, Creston Post Office
Description: Looking northeast at a Georgian Revival, Beaux Arts building, designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury, built in 1901. It housed the post office on the main floor and a federal courtroom on the second floor. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The post office has subsequently been relocated to a more modern building, and this building has been converted into commercial space located at 281 North Maple Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number B415.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16969