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Title: 1125 Broad Street
Description: Photograph of the J. H. McMurray home at 1125 Broad Street, built in 1895. In 1915, McMurray made changes to the structure, including replacing the front porch and cutting off the pediments. At the NE corner, the second floor open porch was enclosed and windows added. A smoking balcony was created for Mr. McMurray with wood that would not absorb smoke. The Grinnell Historical Museum acquired the property in 1965.
PID: grinnell:3266

Title: 1126 Broad Street
Description: Photograph of the house at 1126 Broad Street owned by E. W. Clark, a doctor. It was originally built in the 1870s but damaged in the 1882 cyclone. The cupola was later restored.
PID: grinnell:3272

Title: 1127 Park Street
Description: Photograph of the frame building at 1127 Park Street. It was originally constructed in 1888. Owned by H. G. Little followed by Mrs. E. D. Rand. Originally had verandas on the south, north, and east. Served at various times as a hospital, a college club, and a college administration building.
PID: grinnell:3256

Title: 1133 Broad Street
Description: Photograph of the house at 1133 Broad Street, built in 1895 for B. J. Carney, who owned a lumber business. A carriage house was built in the back of the property.
PID: grinnell:3282

Title: 1206 Broad Street
Description: Photographs of the house at 1206 Broad Street, built in 1884 for L. E. Spencer, a banker, attorney and realtor, to replace the earlier structure that fell into its own cellar during the cyclone of 1882. The interior photographs are from the early 1900s when the house was owned by J. P. Lyman. During the latter part of the 20th century, the house was owned by John and Barbara Kleinschmidt. More information about individual photographs is available in the Grinnell College Libraries Department of Special Collections and Archives.
PID: grinnell:3267

Title: 1227 Broad Street
Description: Photograph of the house at 1227 Broad Street built in 1882 for William Beaton, a piano tuner. His daughter became a national known pianist and the veranda visible in the photograph was hers. The house was taken down in 1934.
PID: grinnell:3278

Title: 1303 Park Street
Description: The house at 1303 Park Street was built by and for David R. Warburton, owner of the Warburton, Richardson, and Phelps lumberyard, about 1900. The Grinnell Herald of Jan 1, 1901, cited it as the "handsomest house built this past season...and one of the prettiest Grinnell affords and...certainly a model of attractive interior"
PID: grinnell:3277

Title: 1315 Park Street
Description: Exterior shot of one side of 1315 Park Street. No longer standing.
PID: grinnell:3257

Title: 1407 Sixth Avenue
Description: Photographs of the house at 1407 Sixth Avenue. Built in1868 for Mr. Hobart, a lumber man. Hobart Street is named for him. Hobart had been a soldier in the 46th Infantry (100 days) and a local musician. Other owners included the Clifton Family, Lois Clifton Meacham and her sister. Lois Meacham's grandmother (Clifton) took off the veranda, cupola, and cornices, replaced the original floor-length windows and added a front stoop and porch. The house now has a number of apartments.,
PID: grinnell:3273

Title: 1807 Fourth Avenue
Description: Photograph of the house at 1807 Fourth Ave. Originally owned by Luke Newton Sherman. Built in 1883 and first occupied on New Year's Day, 1884. Later owned by Kathy and Dan Tindall.
PID: grinnell:3271