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The exceptions are the Bennett Carriage House (1890) and the Blanden Art Gallery (1930). The houses were built in various styles from 1866 to 1916. Three apartment buildings, a funeral hone, and Grace Lutheran Church (1955) are the non-contributing buildings.
The Oakland Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) public cemetery maintained by the city of Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Property for the cemetery was set aside in 1859. It was laid out the same year by Egbert Bagg, an architect and civil engineer from Utica, New York. The graves and monuments are arranged around the natural contours of the hills ...
Fort Dodge, illustrated by William Williams, 1852. Girls Rally Day parade on Central Avenue. Fort Dodge traces its beginnings to 1850 when Capt. Samuel Woods, with his E Company of the 6th Infantry were sent from Fort Snelling to erect and garrison a fort at the junction of the Des Moines River and Lizard Creek, they arrived August 2, 1850.
Fort Dodge Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] Additional documentation for the district was approved by the National Park Service on January 4, 2019. [2]
Media in category "Fort Dodge, Iowa" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Fort Dodge, Iowa logo.GIF 392 × 254; 31 KB.
Wahkonsa township was named in honor of a young Indian chief of the name who frequently visited the neighboring city of Fort Dodge. The first settler in the present-day township was Mrs. Geo H. Rodgers, and the first sermon preached was by Reverend J. B. Montgomery in 1851. [2]
After the county was organized in 1852, the community of Homer was designated the county seat. At the time it was the largest town in the region. [2] Fort Dodge almost immediately sought to have the county seat moved there, and an election to decide the issue was held on April 7, 1856, with Fort Dodge coming out victorious.
Bruce John Graham (December 1, 1925 – March 6, 2010) was a Colombian-born Peruvian-American architect. Graham built buildings all over the world and was deeply involved with evolving the Burnham Plan of Chicago .