Category: News

The Greenest Building is the One Already Built

Preservation gets nod on NPR Posted by CC on November 21st, 2010 10:35 am On Wednesday, November 17, NPR’s Marketplace featured a story on the Darling House in Claremont, California, which is undergoing a “green” renovation. Although most preservationists realize the greenest building is the one already built, the story brought the message to the […]

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Main Street Iowa Receives Preservation Honor Award

Posted by CC on November 2nd, 2010 4:37 pm On Friday, October 29, 2010, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented a Preservation Honor Award to Main Street Iowa during an awards ceremony at the national preservation conference in Austin, Texas. Preservation Iowa joins the National Trust in celebrating Main Street Iowa’s successful community revitalization […]

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Sturdevant House Receives Tax Break

Historic Home’s Property Taxes Waived Posted by CC on October 2nd, 2010 9:00 am In welcome news to the board for the Ira and Asenath Sturdevant House, a unanimous decision by the Bremer County Board of Supervisors waived two tax payments for the property earlier this week. Due to the timing of the purchase of […]

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Opera House in Correctionville Collapses

Most Endangered Property of 2004 Lost Posted by CC on September 27th, 2010 8:43 am When the Columbia Opera House in Correctionville was listed as one of Iowa’s Most Endangered Properties of 2004, the nomination indicated it was structurally sound and simply needing repair. Sadly, much of the building collapsed last Tuesday, September 21, falling […]

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