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Residence of Gen. G. M. Dodge
Photograph of the residence of Gen. G. M. Dodge. 605 South Third Street. Now a registered historic landmark.
1919 City Directory
R. L. Polk directory Council Bluffs City Directory 1919.
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.
Park / Glen Avenues Historic District NRHP form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Park / Glen Avenues Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.
Lincoln/Fairview Historic District NRHP form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Lincoln & Fairview Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.
National Register of Historic Places for sites in Council Bluffs
Applications for National Register of Historic Places for sites in Council Bluffs. Sites include St. Peter's Church, Chevra Bnai Yisroel Synagogue, Lincoln/Fairview Historic District, Willow/Bluff Street Historic District, 100 Block of West Broadway,…
C.B. Homes Added To Historical Site
The Thomas E. Cavin House at 150 Park Ave. was recently designated a historic place.
C.B. Homes Added To Historical Site
The Martin Hughes House, 903 Third St., joined the list of Council Bluffs historical sites.
House Makes History - Register Accepts Tulleys Home
Examining Fireplace . . . in the house's formal parlor, Pashek points out its cleanliness. Either the fireplace was never used, he said, or someone scrubbed it carefully after each fire. House has only two fireplaces, but Pashek said traces of others…
House Makes History - Register Accepts Tulleys Home
Showing Off . . . his historic home is Robert A. Pashek. He and two other men are restoring the "Victorian Gothic" house at 151 Park Avenue built in 1877 for Council Bluffs businessman Lysander W. Tulleys. Their efforts were rewarded recently when…
Behind The New Historic Home - O.P. Wickham House On List
Sitting By . . . one of three fireplaces in her restored historic home is Carole Bergquist. The fireplace is tall, mirrored and made of cherrywood. It is decorated with glassware and houseplants.
Behind The New Historic Home - O.P. Wickham House On List
Newest Listing . . . on the National Register of Historic Places is the O.P. Wickham house, 616 N. 7th St., which has been restored by Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bergquist during the three years they have lived there.
Historic Homes In C.B.
Hoping For Fortune . . . similar to that which has befallen the old YMCA building is this home at 151 Park Ave. The building, owned by Bob Pashek, is currently under consideration for the National Register of Historic Places. The owner dressed the…
Former Stage Stopover Damaged By Fire, Smoke
Damaged House . . . is said to have been built by Mormons more than 100 years ago as a stagecoach stop.
Landmark On Way Out
The 26-room, three-story house at 120 So. 6th St., was being wrecked Thursday to make way for the new office of Robert Swassing, accountant, who has purchased the property from the Dr. McMicken Hanchett estate. The house has been unoccupied, except…
Heritage Homes Of City Open Doors To Public - Fourth Annual AAUW Tour
Graceful White Pillars . . . distinguish the home at 201 Third St., owned by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Shockey. The motif of the columns on the exterior is carried into the hallway and to the living room fireplace of the home. Grouped around the unusual…
Heritage Homes Of City Open Doors To Public - Fourth Annual AAUW Tour
A Majestic Stairway . . . is only one of the exciting features in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Joern, 510 Oakland Ave. Pictured in the white oak reception hall are (from left) Mrs. Joern, Mrs. I.M Ozaydin, Miss Garnet Welsch, Mrs. Carl Blomgren…
Sentiment Remains In Old Gen. Dodge Home - Now An Apartment House But
In Former Days . . . the main reception room entertained many of the most prominent figures of the nineteenth century - U.S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley - to name a few.
Sentiment Remains In Old Gen. Dodge Home - Now An Apartment House But
Reception Room Today . . . shows little resemblance to the past. Only one piece of the original furniture remains, the long, low buffet with its immense mirror that covered nearly half a wall.