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Willow / Bluff / 3rd Street Historic District NRPH form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Willow / Bluff / 3rd Street - Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.
Council Bluffs Redlining Map
The federal government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation, using data and evaluations organized by local real estate professionals--lenders, developers, and real estate appraisers-- assigned grades to residential neighborhoods that reflected their…
Bird's-eye view photographs from Fairmount Park
Photographs of Council Bluffs taken from Fairmount Park
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House
Photograph of City Mills in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Canning Works
Photograph of the Council Bluffs Canning Works on corner of Tenth Avenue and Twelfth Street
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Photograph of Deaf and Dumb Institute. Located at 1600 South Highway 275. This building burned down in 1891. It is now The Iowa School for the Deaf.
Dohany's Opera House and Broadway
Photograph of Dohany's Opera House and Broadway. Northeast corner Sixth Street and Broadway. Later the Strand Movie Theater. Burned December 11, 1974.
East Side Main Street
Photograph of East side of Main Street. View north from Willow Avenue.
Fairmount Park Glens
Photograph of Fairmount Park Glens
First National Bank and Kimball and Champ Building
Photograph of First National Bank and Kimball and Champ Building. Northeast corner of Main and Broadway. Now occupied by New Inter-North Headquarters.
High School
Photograph of the High School. Located at the top of High School Avenue. Present site of Kirn Field.
Hotel Manawa
Photograph of Hotel Manawa. Twenty-four rooms. Burned down in 1894.
Junction Main and Pearl Streets
Photograph of junction of Main and Pearl Streets. North view from present Hay Market Square.
Masonic Temple
Photograph of the Masonic Temple. East side of Fourth Street at Broadway Intersection. State Bank and Trust Drive in entry on this site.
Middle Broadway
Photograph of middle Broadway. North side of Broadway from Fourth Street toward Bryant Street. Area now included in shopping center.
New County Court House
Architect's drawing of the New County Court House.
New Government Building and Post Office
Photograph of new government building and post office. Southwest corner of Sixth Street and Broadway. Dedicated in 1888. Enlarged twice. Torn down in 1950.
Ogden Hotel
Photograph of the Ogden Hotel. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Broadway. Built in 1876.
Pearl Street From Broadway
Photograph of Pearl Street from Broadway. West side. New State Savings Bank building built on this corner in 1946.
Presbyterian Church
Photograph of the Presbyterian Church. Northeast corner of South Seventh Street and Willow Avenue. First Presbyterian Church built on the same site.