Posted by MW on December 28th, 2009 11:59 am Accepting an offer from Union Pacific to donate an abandoned railroad span at Squaw Creek is a bridge the Ames City Council is not ready to cross yet. Union Pacific last month agreed to extend its Nov. 24 deadline until Tuesday for the council to make […]
Posted by MW on December 28th, 2009 11:56 am A barn that has stood in Ames since 1907 was scheduled for deconstruction this week, to the dismay of preservationists who had hoped it could be saved. Read the full story on the Ames Tribune website. To find out more, go to: www.amestrib.com
Several businesses and apartments affected Posted by CC on December 13th, 2009 9:18 am Half a business block of historic commercial buildings was damaged by a blaze last Tuesday night (December 8, 2009) in Paullina, Iowa. Crews from 15 fire departments responded to help fight the fire in frigid temperatures. According to the Mayor, Marlo […]
Posted by CC on November 14th, 2009 9:38 am A former Iowa governor’s home and one of Des Moines’ last remaining railroad depots have been named to the Des Moines Rehabber’s Club “Seven Most Endangered Buildings” for 2009. Over the period of about a month, the DMRC received nominations from the public for buildings, homes […]
Governor Chet Culver Signs Executive Order 17 Posted by Rod Scott on November 11th, 2009 11:43 am Governor Chet Culver has again shown his leadership in acknowledging historic preservation as an important issue in Iowa. Iowa Executive Order 17, signed on September 25, 2009, requires state agencies to make every attempt possible to locate their […]
Posted by CC on October 20th, 2009 6:02 pm On Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9pm Central Time the Learning Channel will broadcast the world premier of the Heavy Haulers program featuring the moving of the Buchanan House in Central Iowa this last summer. The Buchanan House (1883) was relocated from its original location south […]
Posted by CC on August 30th, 2009 10:20 am On August 10, the Buchanan House began its 8.5-mile move to a new home. The 125-year-old mansion was slated to be demolished when Tipton residents Linda and Randy Weaver purchased it. Built by Alexander Buchanan between 1883 and 1885, the brick mansion is “the most prominent […]
Posted on June 26th, 2009 1:45 pm On May 18, during a special ceremony held in Des Moines, Iowa Department of Economic Development Director Michael Tramontina announced the selection of seven Iowa communities for participation in the Main Street Iowa program. Ames, Colfax, Fort Madison, and Manning were chosen to participate in the traditional Main […]
Posted by MW on June 26th, 2009 1:22 pm On the evening of Sunday, June 7th, a major storm descended on the southeastern Iowa community of Bloomfield, Davis County. This storm brought with it multiple inches of rain, straight-line winds of up to 70 mph and, most devastating, golf ball to softball sized hail. The […]
IHPA facilitated purchase of flood-damaged home Posted by CC on May 10th, 2009 10:50 am IHPA president Rod Scott was present at the sheriff’s sale of the historic Sturdevant House in Waverly. As mentioned in a past Preservation News story from January 24th, 2009 entitled Efforts Underway to Save Waverly Pioneer’s House, the home was […]