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Today...the progress of 55 years is seen at a glance. The new home of the First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. occupies the corner. Beyond that the present Council Bluffs Savings Bank and the State Savings Bank continue the trim view provided by…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This is the south side of Broadway looking west from Main Street as it appeared in 1903. In the foreground is the First National Bank Building and behind it the four-story Council Bluffs Savings Bank. The…
Today
Today...the Fourth Street buildings have been changed to rubble and hauled away, exposing the backs of other business houses across the alley. In a matter of days the contractor's equipment will be in the pits preparing the way for new construction.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Just last November this was the west side of Fourth Street between First Ave. and Broadway. Building wreckers were moving in to clear the block for a city parking garage. Most of the structures dated well back into…
Today
Today...the present Courthouse, built in 1885, stands on the same ground at Fifth Ave. and Pearl St. It has undergone extensive changes in its 73-year history. The county jail, a separate building on the site, often has been condemned by grand…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Pottawattamie County's second Courthouse--replacing one constructed of logs--was built in 1866 at a cost of $42,000. It had a short life of 18 years. In 1883 a grand jury declared the basement jail unfit for…
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.