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  2. Washington, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Washington is a city on the south banks of the Missouri River, 50 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri. With an estimated population of 15,075, it is the largest city in Franklin County, Missouri . It is notable for being the " corncob pipe capital of the world," with Missouri Meerschaum located on the city's riverfront.

  3. Memorial Union (Iowa State University) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a memorial to the Iowa Staters who had died in World War I was developed soon after the end of the war itself in 1918. After many ideas were proposed, a bronze plaque, a grotto, or a gateway arch, a group of students rallied for a living memorial, "a building that would provide service to the college and preserve the memory of those that were lost. [1]"

  4. Locust Street Historic District (Washington, Missouri)

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    Oberhaus House (c. 1928), Gustav Richert Apartment Building (c. 1930), Southern Presbyterian Church/Attucks School (1868), Washington High School (1887), and AME Church (c. 1890) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

  5. Campus of Iowa State University - Wikipedia

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    Carver Hall is an academic building completed in 1969 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa to accommodate rapid increases in enrollment. [17] It is named for George Washington Carver, who earned his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in 1894 and his master's in 1896 and served on the Iowa State faculty.

  6. Iowa State University - Wikipedia

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    Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States.Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the nation's first designated land-grant institutions when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September ...

  7. List of independent bookstores in the United States - Wikipedia

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    SubText: a Bookstore Minnesota: Saint Paul: Square Books Mississippi: Oxford: Left Bank Books Missouri: St. Louis: Montana Valley Book Store Montana: Alberton: Gambler's Book Shop Nevada: Las Vegas: The Writer's Block Nevada: Las Vegas: The Lit. Bar New York: The Bronx: Book Thug Nation New York: Brooklyn: Books Are Magic New York: Brooklyn (2 ...

  8. Vaughn's Book Store - Wikipedia

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    Vaughn's Book Store is a commercial building and former bookstore located at 12115–12123 Dexter Avenue in Detroit. It was the first Black-owned bookstore in Detroit. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. [1]

  9. Downtown Washington Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The district encompasses 83 contributing buildings and 9 contributing structures in the central business district of Washington. The district developed between about 1849 and 1940 and includes representative examples of Greek Revival , Late Victorian , and American Craftsman style architecture.