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This section of the city was developed as the population increased in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The growth was due, in part, to the expansion of the University of Iowa and its hospitals. There was also an expansion of the central business district at the same time. Both professionals and business owners built houses here.
People with Mexican heritage would not have a major presence in Iowa until about 1920. In 1900, the federal census recorded only 29 people with Mexican nativity. The number increased to 620 in ...
1920s Iowa elections (7 C) S. 1920s in sports in Iowa (10 C) This page was last edited on 5 October 2022, at 04:21 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1587296857. Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack (1908). Amana: The Community of True Inspiration. Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa. Webber, Philip E. (2009). Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press.
The Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places district that includes five stone cottages in Iowa City epitomizing the eccentric vernacular architectural style of Howard Moffitt. Moffitt constructed more than 100 houses in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa, and a few in Citrus City, Texas. These ...
The South Summit Street District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 50 contributing buildings, most of which were built between 1860 and 1910. [2]
The district is largely on Woodlawn Street, a gravel dead-end extension of Iowa Avenue. The eastern terminus of Iowa Avenue was originally planned to be a block to the west and was to be the location of the Governor's Mansion, but it was never built. The Old Capitol is on western terminus of the same street. The district is an enclave of upper ...
The Melrose Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [ 1 ] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 134 resources, which included 112 contributing buildings , one contributing site , 20 non-contributing ...