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Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
November/December 2013 Historical Society newsletter.
City Hall and Police Station
Postcard depicting City Hall and Police Station.
City Hall building
Council Bluffs City Hall
Today...
Today...Council Bluffs City Hall, built in 1940, now occupies the same site. Changed very little in the last 14 years, the building was built by the Works Progress Administration at a cost of slightly over $300,000.
Today
Today...looking south on Main Street from Willow Avenue , the city hall, extreme right, predominates the scene. The old livery building, center is used as a warehouse, and the old McAtee grocery is a county office building.
Today
Today...the same area reveals a lot of changes. The Public Library is surrounded with nice shade trees and automobiles replace the streetcars and horse drawn wagon. And new buildings have been added. The five-story structure is the Park building. …
City Hall
Photo looking down on City Hall construction site, looking south; walls are beginning to be build on north side.
On back of photo:
New City Hall
May 2 - 1939
9653A
On back of photo:
New City Hall
May 2 - 1939
9653A
City Hall
aerial view of the city hall construction site, workers working on 3rd floor framing.
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Works Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County: Pottawattamie; City: Council Bluffs
Title: City…
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Works Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County: Pottawattamie; City: Council Bluffs
Title: City…
City Hall
elevate view of city hall construction site; workers framing third floor.
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Work Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County : Pottawattamie
City: Council Bluffs
Title: City Hall…
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Work Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County : Pottawattamie
City: Council Bluffs
Title: City Hall…
City Hall
Photo of east side of City Hall.
On back of photo:
City Building, July 30, 1947
CB City Hall
Art work
H-2
On back of photo:
City Building, July 30, 1947
CB City Hall
Art work
H-2
City Hall
Photo of east side of City Hall
City Hall
Photo of west side (and part of the north side) of City Hall
City Hall
elevated view of the west side of City Hall
Yes, John Q., We Could Use One
"Our city hall's not so hot," says John Q. Citizen. "It was a classy livery stable fifty years ago, but that doesn't make it a classy city hall today. We could have had a new one practically completed by the WPA by this time if certain local…
Read To Drive City Hall Piles
After delays of many weeks on the new city hall project at Council Bluffs got under way Monday morning with workers making the lot in readiness for the driving of piles. The first work done Monday morning was moving piling to one side in preparation…
WPA Building Forms For City Hall
With the WPA working a twelve-hour shift to complete driving of piles on the city hall project within the next fifteen to twenty days, workmen are preparing forms for the foundation concrete. This picture, taken from the fifth floor of the Park…
Start on Third Floor
Construction work on the new city hall building is progressing rapidly, Superintendent Pete Tellander said Saturday. Pouring of columns for the south section of the second floor was started last week. Work is also under way for setting the column…
Brickwork Up To Second Story
The above view of the city hall construction work shows workmen completing the laying of brick or the first story at the north wing of the building. The roof for this wing was poured early this week.
Install Jail Equipment
Installation of jail equipment in the south wing of the new city hall building was begun for the Southern Prison Company. Work was started in the felon cage, which consists of six cells. R.P. Tellander (left, city hall construction superintendent,…
Council to View City Hall Cracks; Inside Walls Being Damaged by Water
City Clerk Kennard W. Gardiner...puts his finger in a crack in city hall's roof trim.