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In addition to residential architecture, there are two churches and the city's water works that are contributing properties: St. Mary and St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (c. 1925), the Council Bluffs Waterworks (reservoir, 1941 Works Progress Administration; pump house, 1947), and the Community of Christ Church (1951).
Sportspeople from Council Bluffs, Iowa (23 P) Pages in category "People from Council Bluffs, Iowa" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
Council Bluffs was founded in the late 1840s as Kanesville by Mormons. When Brigham Young called all people of the faith outside of Utah to Salt Lake City in 1852, the community ceased to be majority Mormon. It was renamed Council Bluffs in 1853. The buildings here are among the earliest extant commercial buildings in the city. [2]
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The first Council Bluff (which is singular) was on the Nebraska side of the river at Fort Atkinson, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the city of Council Bluffs.It was named by Lewis and Clark for a bluff where they met the Otoe people on August 2, 1804.
The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, also known as the Black Angel, is a historic object located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.This is the only work in Iowa by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French. [2]
The 100 Block of West Broadway Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
Part of the district is in Jackson's Addition, which is the first addition to the original town of Council Bluffs. [2] It also sits along the base of the loess bluffs to the east. The neighborhood generally developed between 1855 and 1930.