Posted on March 28th, 2012 2:50 pm The Floyd County Board of Supervisors vote to restore signage to the county’s historic courthouse. To find out more, go to: globegazette.com
‘FLOYD’ returning to courthouse
Category: News
‘Funeral demonstration’ protests loss of historic Cedar Rapids church
Organizers urge developers to hold off to allow alternate plans to be developed Posted on March 22nd, 2012 2:06 pm Demonstrators protest the potential demolition of First Christian Church in Cedar Rapids. To find out more, go to: thegazette.com
Rare Pipe Organ May Be Dismantled for Parts
Posted by PM on March 20th, 2012 11:29 am A historic organ, manufactured by the Verney organ company in Mason City, is being sold for $1. To find out more, go to: globegazette.com Comments Kathy Gourley commented on March 23rd, 2012 at 4:51 pm: I corresponded with a representative from the church where the organ… Read more »
Looking up downtown
Apartment tour attracts hundreds interested in housing alternatives. Posted on March 19th, 2012 12:11 pm Upstairs downtown tour featured rehabbed spaces in historic Burlington. To find out more, go to: www.thehawkeye.com
Keokuk’s Union Depot awarded $10,000 grant
Posted by PM on March 15th, 2012 8:10 am Chicago preservation student is successful in securing a grant for the rehabilitation of Keokuk’s Union Depot. To find out more, go to: www.thehawkeye.com
Registration now open for the 2012 Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Decorah
Posted on March 5th, 2012 2:54 pm Please join fellow preservationists at the annual preservation conference in Decorah, April 27-28! Informative sessions will include window rehabilitation, masonry repair, how to use historic photographs for research, historic tax credits, burial mounds, tours and much, much more. In addition, there will be a special opportunity on Friday… Read more »
$1.6 million Hy-Vee pledge will help preserve 89-year-old hotel
Posted by PM on March 2nd, 2012 4:38 pm Hy-Vee announced that it will provide $1.6 million for the rehabilitation of the Charitone Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. To find out more, go to: www.desmoinesregister.com
Last-minute efforts to save historic Cedar Rapids church may be futile
But new city requirement could eliminate need for parking spaces for PCI clinic Posted by PM on February 29th, 2012 8:55 am Tim Samuelson, expert on the work of Louis Sullivan, commented on the proposed demolition of a Cedar Rapids church on which Sullivan served as consulting architect. To find out more, go to: thegazette.com
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation releases new report on the economic impact of historic preservation
Posted by PM on February 28th, 2012 12:48 pm To find out more, go to: www.achp.gov
Landmark school gets chance at new life
Posted by PM on February 26th, 2012 11:37 am A group in Bettendorf announces they plan to rehabilitate the Forest Grove School built c. 1873. To find out more, go to: qctimes.com
