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This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Oelwein is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,920 at the time of the 2020 census , a decrease of 11.5% from the 2000 census. [ 2 ] The largest community in Fayette County, it is located at the junction of State Highways 3 and 150 .
Hotel Mealey, also known as Hotel Iowan, is a historic building located in Oelwein, Iowa, United States. The Chicago Great Western Railway reached Oelwein in 1887, and beginning in 1893 they started to expand their operations in the city. Because they moved their shops here, Oelwein experienced a building boom, including this hotel. [2] St.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Oelwein, Iowa. Pages in category "People from Oelwein, Iowa" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
He later lived and worked in Oelwein, Iowa, at the main shops of the Chicago Great Western where there is a small park dedicated to him. [9] [10] The pinnacle of his railroading career came at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he became works manager of the Allegheny locomotive erecting shops of the American Locomotive Company (Alco).
Gustav A. Oelwein (February 10, 1838 – December 19, 1913) was the founder of the city of Oelwein, Iowa in the United States. [1]Gustav A. Oelwein, after whose family the city of Oelwein was named, was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and the only surviving child of Frederick and Cecelia (Schmidt) Oelwein, who had been natives of Saxony, Germany, and had emigrated to America in 1837, settling ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Iowa provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Iowa, where 101 public libraries were built from 99 grants (totaling $1,495,706) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1892 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $210,000).
Bentonsport, Iowa: ca. 1840 Residence Henderson Lewelling House: Salem, Iowa: 1840 Residence Kuhl House: Iowa City, Iowa: 1840 Residence Now home to University Press at University of Iowa [3] Fort Atkinson: Fort Atkinson, Iowa: ca. 1840-1842 Military Fort Beers and St. John Company Coach Inn: near West Liberty, Iowa: 1842 Inn Iowa Old Capitol ...