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Pella, Iowa. Pella is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States, with a population of 10,464 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. [3] Founded by immigrants from the Netherlands, it is forty miles southeast of Des Moines. Pella is the home of Central College, as well as several manufacturing companies, including Pella Corporation and Vermeer ...
February 12, 1990. The B.H. and J.H.H. Van Spanckeren Row Houses, also known as the Wyatt Earp House and the Pella Historical Society, is an historic building located in Pella, Iowa, United States. The Van Spanckerens were brothers who, along with their mother, Catharina Reerink Van Spanckeren and two other siblings emigrated from the ...
82000415 [1] Added to NRHP. December 10, 1982. The Dominie Henry P. Scholte House is an historic residence located in Pella, Iowa, United States. Dominie Scholte was the leader of a secessionist movement from the organized church in the Netherlands in the 1830s. He became the spiritual, practical and formal leader of the Dutch Emigration ...
505 W. First Street. Collegiate Neighborhood Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Pella, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1] The district is a residential area located between the central business district to the north and Central College to the south.
Central College. Central College is a private college in Pella, Iowa, United States. Affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, the college was founded in 1853 and has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission or its predecessor since 1942. [6] Central has a student body of approximately 1,100 undergraduates.
A ballot proposition in Pella, a community of about 10,500 residents in central Iowa, asks voters if they support changing the structure of the Pella Public Library Board of Trustees.
July 22, 1991. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Passenger Depot-Pella, also known as the Pella Depot and the Rolscreen Museum, is a historic building located in Pella, Iowa, United States. The Des Moines Valley Railroad built the first tracks through the area in 1865, and they built a simple frame depot to serve passenger's needs.
August 8, 2001. The Dirk and Cornelia J. Vander Wilt Cottage, also known as the Vermeer House and the Wayne D. Stienstra House, is an historic residence located in Pella, Iowa, United States. It is a first generation residential building that exemplifies the architectural influence of the Netherlands, the homeland of Pella's early Dutch ...