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Fifth Generation Visitors
Two great-great-great-grandchildren of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Laurel and Lincoln Ferris, and their grandmother, Mrs. Robert Langford Montgovery, were visitors at the Historic General Dodge House on Tuesday. This was the first opportunity for the…
Carol For An Old-Time Christmas
Official Hostesses...for the holiday tour and tea will be members of the Council Bluffs Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Dorothy Letner (left), Mrs. Grace Gretzer and Miss Evelyn Blyth select costumes of the Victorian age which they will…
Independence Day
A Victorian Mansion...will again provide the background for an old-fashioned lawn party today when the Park Board and the board of trustees of the Historic Gen. Dodge House serve ice cream, cake, and pink lemonade. The four young ladies, in cotton…
French Military Painting Returned to Dodge House
'Le Gal Saussier aux manoeuvres de l'Est"...back to a permanent location in the Gen. Dodge House here.
Restoration Work Pushed On Historic Dodge House
Fresh Finish...is applied by painter Dick Jones to the interior woodwork in the front entrance hall of the Dodge House. The old finish was completely removed and repairs were made to the fancy moulded walnut woodwork be fore new finish was applied.
Restoration Work Pushed On Historic Dodge House
Installing Fireplace...in the second parlor of the The Historic General Dodge House is Harold Polen. The fireplace was removed from an old home on Glen Avenue. It is slate crafted to look like black marble with a gold inlay. The original Dodge…
'Raising' An Historical Landmark
Designation Ceremonies...at the former home of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, 605 Third Street, will begin at 3 p.m. today when District Judge Folsom Everest will accept a plaque from the United States Department of the Interior, making the home a National…
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
Portions of the twin parlors...in the Dodge home. Much of the furniture and pictures are just as they were in the general's lifetime. Antique beauty is apparent in every section of the spacious home.
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…