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Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railr...

Significance: Predated one year by the Illinois Central Railroad Freight House [HABS No. IA-160-G], the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot is significant as a relatively well preserved examp... More

J. Monroe Parker House, Main & Twelfth Streets, Davenport, Scott Count...

Survey number: HABS IA-113 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burlington Bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IA-20

Klaw and Erlanger present the Rogers Brothers (Gus and Max) in John J....

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Klaw and Erlanger present the Rogers Brothers (Gus and Max) in John J....

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Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Opening Sunday - January 12, Mason City Art Center / B.F.

Poster announcing the opening of the Mason City Art Center, 105 South Delaware Ave., showing hand and bust portrait of a woman. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection ... More

State capitol, Des Moines, Iowa

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Hancock House, Third & Walnut Streets, Bentonsport, Van Buren Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-19

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Workingmen's Houses, John H. Kelly House, 274 Southern Avenue, Dubuque...

Significance: Built about 1855 by laborer John H. Kelly, this two story stone/frame house is one of the most prominent of the vernacular workingmen's structures built in the 19th century along Southern Avenue a... More

Workingmen's Houses, John H. Kelly House, 274 Southern Avenue, Dubuque...

Significance: Built about 1855 by laborer John H. Kelly, this two story stone/frame house is one of the most prominent of the vernacular workingmen's structures built in the 19th century along Southern Avenue a... More

Workingmen's Houses, Patrick Burke House, 205 South Locust Street, Dub...

Significance: One of the earliest of the houses along this section of Southern Avenue, the Patrick Burke House is a representative, albeit greatly altered, example of the workingmen's houses built along Souther... More

Waterloo Water Works, Well House 4, Fairview & Lafayette Avenue, Water...

Significance: This structure serves as a functional element treated as a decorative pavilion in a park setting. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS IA-125 Bu... More

Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...

Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More

Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...

Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More

Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...

Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More

Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...

Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More

Brucemore, 2160 Linden Drive, Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA

Significance: Brucemore is a 26-acre estate located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The property is centered around a 21-room mansion built in 1884-1886 for Mrs. Caroline Sinclair, widow of meat-packing entrepreneur Th... More

Workingmen's Houses, Michael Mahony House, 235 South Locust Street, Du...

Significance: The Michael Mahony House, though greatly altered, is representative of the workingmen's dwellings built along Southern Avenue (now South Locust Street) in the 1870s and 1880s. Survey number: HABS... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Office...

Significance: The Carr, Ryder and Adams Company Office Building is historically significant in its association with one of Dubuque's largest manufacturing firms, although its 1916 construction date places it la... More

John Waggoner House, 301 First Avenue West, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County,...

Significance: The house has a number of Italianate elements, including a projecting bay, roof accented with large brackets, and bracketed porch roof, doors and windows. The wood-frame building, now covered wit... More

Atlas of Benton County, Iowa. - Public domain map

Blue line print. Includes index. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotations in colored pencil on some maps. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2008-114

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Herancourt Furniture Company Factor...

Significance: Reportedly the first furniture manufacturing plant opened in Dubuque, the Herancourt Furniture Company Factory is an important early representative of the burgeoning woodworking industry in the ci... More

Red Bridge, Spanning Yellow river at abandoned county road, 7.3 miles ...

Significance: The Red Bridge is a 98' combination wood and iron Pratt through truss, the remaining example in Iowa of an uncovered timber truss, with only a few remaining in other parts of the United States. U... More

Amana Colonies, State Routes 223 & 149 & U.S. Route 6, Amana, Iowa Cou...

Survey number: HABS IA-99 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000336

Keigley Branch Bridge, Spanning Keigley Branch, Gilbert, Story County,...

Significance: Although the arch was not the preferred bridge type of the Iowa State Highway Commission, state engineers designed several reinforced concrete arches during the 1910s. The Keigley Branch Bridge, ... More

Caleb Clark House, 814 South Eighth Street, Winterset, Madison County,...

Significance: Good example of one of several early stone houses in Winterset, of particular interest for being the home of the mason, Caleb Clark, who constructed many of those houses. Survey number: HABS IA-65

M. A. Lumbard House, 1059 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Large frame Circa 1885 residence is a representative example remaining from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-136

Black Hawk Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 9, Lans...

Significance: This bridge was the only highway bridge over the Mississippi River in the northeast Iowa area at the time of its construction and has played a significant role in the development of that region. ... More

Black Hawk Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 9, Lans...

Significance: This bridge was the only highway bridge over the Mississippi River in the northeast Iowa area at the time of its construction and has played a significant role in the development of that region. ... More

Southeast Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ferdinand Daniel Pulver House, County Road F-70 Vicinity, Vandalia, Ja...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-1

Ferdinand Daniel Pulver House, County Road F-70 Vicinity, Vandalia, Ja...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-1

Workingmen's Houses, Jeremiah Mahoney House, 263 Southern Avenue, Dubu...

Significance: The Jeremiah Mahoney House was constructed similarly to many of the other vernacular structures along Southern Avenue and South Locust Street. Two stories tall and one room deep, with a steep qua... More

Workingmen's Houses, Jeremiah Mahoney House, 263 Southern Avenue, Dubu...

Significance: The Jeremiah Mahoney House was constructed similarly to many of the other vernacular structures along Southern Avenue and South Locust Street. Two stories tall and one room deep, with a steep qua... More

Hershey Memorial Hospital, 1810 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, Muscatine ...

Significance: Mara Hershey erected this building to the memory of her father, Benjamin Hershey (1813-1893). The use of gable parapets, since altered, made this building an interesting example of the Neo-Jacobe... More

Hershey Memorial Hospital, 1810 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, Muscatine ...

Significance: Mara Hershey erected this building to the memory of her father, Benjamin Hershey (1813-1893). The use of gable parapets, since altered, made this building an interesting example of the Neo-Jacobe... More

Elkader Bridge, Spanning Turkey River at Bridge Street, Elkader, Clayt...

Significance: The Elkader Bridge, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, is an exceptional example of American stone masonry. The bridge has a total length of 189 feet, having two arches each span... More

William Maxson House, State Highway No. 1, Springdale, Cedar County, I...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-16

Taylor Bridge, Spanning Winnebago River, U.S. Route 18, Mason City, Ce...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA

Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More

16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA

Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More

16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA

Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerh...

Significance: An integral part of the Carr, Ryder and Adams factory complex, built at a time of tremendous expansion for the firm, this two-story powerhouse is historically significant for its association with ... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerh...

Significance: An integral part of the Carr, Ryder and Adams factory complex, built at a time of tremendous expansion for the firm, this two-story powerhouse is historically significant for its association with ... More

Workingmen's Houses, James Welsh House, 616 Dodge Street, Dubuque, Dub...

Herbert Hoover Birthplace House, Southwest corner of Penn & Downey Str...

Significance: Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Architecturally, interesting as an example of vernacular construction. Survey number: HABS IA-21 Building/structure dates: ca. 1871 Initial Construction... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Becker-Hazelton Company Warehouse, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Becker-Hazelton Company Warehouse, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Morrell & Company Meat Packing Plant, Building 27B, 316 South Iow...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Morrell & Company Meat Packing Plant, Building 27B, 316 South Iow...

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Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Lumber...

Significance: These three lumber warehouses are typically constructed outbuildings from the huge Carr, Adams and Collier complex. As such they area historically significant in their association with one of the... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Lumber...

Significance: These three lumber warehouses are typically constructed outbuildings from the huge Carr, Adams and Collier complex. As such they area historically significant in their association with one of the... More

Pine Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek, Muscatine, Muscatine County, IA

Significance: By the 1880s, the pin-connected Pratt through truss was almost the exclusive structural type for medium-span roadway crossings in Iowa. The Pine Mill Bridge is distinguished among these by its ea... More

Union Pacific Station (Transfer Depot & Hotel), Twenty-first Street, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IA-30-6

Lake City Bridge, Spanning North Raccoon River, Lake City, Calhoun Cou...

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Workingmen's Houses, John Byrne House, 666 Dodge Street, Dubuque, Dubu...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workingmen's Houses, John McGee House, 251 Southern Avenue, Dubuque, D...

Significance: The John McGee House is a contributing historical resource within the modest workingmen's houses built along Southern Avenue in the last quarter of the 19th century. Survey number: HABS IA-159-T ... More

Chautauqua Assembly, Clarinda, Ia., Panoramic Photograph

H114502 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; August 12, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43560. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, Ia.

Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County...

Survey number: HABS IA-109

Zoller Block, 119-121 South Federal Avenue, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co...

Significance: The building has a front facade of decorative tin cladding and cast iron. The tin front was ordered from catalogs and is an example of early use of prefabrication and standardization. The buildi... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Midland Laboratories, Factory & War...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Iowa State University, Farm House, Knoll Road Vicinity, Ames, Story Co...

Significance: The Farm House and its outbuildings were the first structures to be built on the college campus. Although considerably remodeled shortly after the turn of the century, the house is essentially th... More

Workingmen's Houses, Nicholas Thornton House, 365 Southern Avenue, Dub...

Significance: Sited immediately next to a main artery into Dubuque and configured with its stacked front porch and stone lower level, this building has the appearance of an early roadhouse, as suggested by loca... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Davis Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River at County Road 16, Lime Spring...

Significance: Built in 1879, the Davis Bridge was one of a handful of iron spans erected in Howard County following the failure of several early timber structures. It was fabricated and built by the Wrought Ir... More

Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...

Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More

Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...

Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More

Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...

Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More

Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...

Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More

The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Co...

Significance: The Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company Annex is historically significant in its association with one of Dubuque's largest manufacturing firms, although its 1917 construction date places it... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Kretschmer Manufacturing Company, F...

Significance: Herbert C. Kretschmer was born in Dubuque on August 2, 1866; his brother, Frederick N. Kretschmer, was also born in the city, on October 19, 1869. Herbert began his working career at age fifteen ... More

Southwest Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning Raccoon River at Southwest Fif...

Significance: The Southwest Fifth Street Bridge ranks among Iowa's most significant vehicular spans. It is one of Iowa's few remaining pinned Pratt through trusses with three or more spans. As one of only thr... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, International Harvester Company Sho...

Significance: This building is historically significant as the local facility for International Harvester - a nationally important agricultural manufacturing firm. Architecturally, the structure is a represent... More

Main streets, Perry, IA panoramic photo

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workingmen's Houses, Timothy Kelly House, 364 Southern Avenue, Dubuque...

Significance: The Timothy Kelly House is one of the workingmen's dwellings constructed as part of the extended Kelly family enclave on Southern Avenue. Survey number: HABS IA-159-AN Building/structure dates: ... More

Dubuque Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Dubuque Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

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Dubuque Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Panoramic photograph of the principal street of Akron, Iowa]

H115528 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Sioux Falls, S.D. Title devised by Library staff, based on information from Eric Renshaw, 2008. Title in copyright deposit records misidentifies the t... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, M. M. Walker Company, Warehouse, 40...

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Commercial & Industrial Buildings, M. M. Walker Company, Warehouse, 40...

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Workingmen's Houses, 257 Southern Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Significance: Although extensively altered, this house is significant as a contributing element in a neighborhood of workingmen's houses, built in the late 19th century in south Dubuque. Survey number: HABS IA... More

Knights of Columbus Building, 202-204 South Federal Avenue, Mason City...

Significance: The building exhibits the simple lines of the so-called "Commercial Style." It shows a Prairie School influence with emphasis on strong horizontal lines and exterior usage of brick and terra-cott... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 68, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure stood almost directly south of Building No. 66 and consisted of a stable barn for cavalry mounts. Completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $14,843.10, the building rested on a ... More

Upper Paris Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at Sutton Road, Paris,...

Significance: This Whipple through truss is structurally significant wagon crossing and a rare example of a double-intersection Pratt truss with the rare use of wrought iron components along with its truss conf... More