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This neighborhood in the central part of the city surrounds a square-block park called College Green, from which it derives its name. The park, which is the contributing site, is found on the earliest maps of Iowa City. While the earliest houses in the district were built in the 1860s, most were constructed between 1890 and 1920. [2]
Cincinnati was a coal mining camp, and as with many coal camps in the late 19th century, it was a hotbed of union activity, strikes and occasional violence. Company E of the Second Regiment of the Iowa National Guard was called up on April 12, 1895, in response to a request of support from the county sheriff after threats of violence from ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
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Isaiah Rogers, nationally acclaimed as a designer of elite hotels, was hired for $150,000. [4] The interior design was done by Francis Pedretti. [3] Cincinnati was the sixth-largest city in the country when Burnet House opened in 1850; [2] the hotel became nationally acclaimed and was the state's premiere hotel well into the 1870s. [4]
Nijmegen, Netherlands – Seven hills within the 16c–19c city wall: Geertruidsberg, Hofberg , Lindenberg, Jansberg, Hundisberg, Hessenberg and a) Marienberg [41] or b) Hoofdberg. [42] Nitra, Slovakia; Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Was originally built on seven hills but now only has six due to one being destroyed in the early 20th century (Markovo tepe)
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The Boerner-Fry Company/Davis Hotel is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Emil Louis Boerner was born in Prussia and came to Iowa City with his family when he was 12. He was educated at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy , and he owned and operated a drugstore in Iowa City for 57 years. [ 2 ]