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The Bever Woods Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. [ 1 ] Sampson Cicero Bever with his wife and children, moved to Cedar Rapids in 1852.
Cedar Rapids was platted on the east bank of the Cedar River as Rapids City in 1841, and it was incorporated under the same name in 1849. Kingston was established on the west bank of the river in 1852. The two smaller communities consolidated in 1870 as Cedar Rapids.
The Second and Third Avenue Historic District is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 186 resources, which included 176 contributing buildings, and 10 non-contributing buildings. [2]
Cedar Rapids was platted on the east bank of the Cedar River as Rapids City in 1841, and it was incorporated in 1849. Kingston was established on the west bank of the river in 1852, and it was annexed by Cedar Rapids in 1870. The streets were laid out parallel and perpendicular to the river, which flowed from the northwest to the southeast.
Before Cedar Rapids was incorporated, May's Island was a low, marshy piece of land in the Cedar River (then called the Red Cedar), prone to flooding and covered with scrubby brush and trees. Because of the undergrowth and its inaccessibility, it was reputedly used by local horse thieves as a spot to temporarily hide their loot.
Location of Cedar County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cedar County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
The "The Ranch" star was born in Cedar Rapids, but the actor moved outside the city limits with his mom Diane to nearby Homestead later in his childhood when his parents divorced. Unlike Drake ...
The Paramount Theatre is a 1,693-seat [1] theater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 2015 it was included as a contributing property in the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District. [2] The theater is a restored example of a vaudeville/movie palace ...