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Old Stonework . . . that was once part of the Hotel Chieftain but has been covered by paneling and decoration for many years, was uncovered this week by Andersen Construction workmen who are remodeling it into the Elks Club. Contractor Herb Andersen…

Today...the Elks Club building looks about the same, although it has undergone much interior remodeling within the last 50 years. At the left, the Council Bluffs Clinic has replaced the two houses. And the Hotel Chieftain now stands on the site of…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene: The Elks' Home at Council Bluffs was the caption given this postal card picture of the north side of First Avenue, between Pearl and Sixth Streets, in about 1910. From the left are two residential buildings, the Elks…

Today...the Elks Club is still at its original site. The Hotel Chieftain, which is observing its thirtieth anniversary this year has replaced the Grand Hotel. The Grand Hotel and building across Pearl Street burned in 1925. Within the last 43…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--An Elks Carnival Parade led by the late Dr. Donald Macrae, marches by these downtown stores in an area known as the Sanborn Block in September of 1911. From the left, the stores house a bicycle shop, drug store, loan…

Three postcards depicting the Elks Club House.

Photograph of J. R. Perkins at Elks anniversay dinner with Don Frankson.

Perkins, J. R. (Jacob Randolph), 1878-1959.
Clergy -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs.
Clergy as authors.
Elks (Fraternal order).

Perkins, J. R. (Jacob Randolph), 1878-1959.
Clergy -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs.
Clergy as authors.
Elks (Fraternal order).

Photograph of J. R. Perkins playing pool at the Elks Club.