year: 2021

Endangered: Adel Wagon Bridge

This two-span wrought iron truss bridge spanning the North Raccoon River on the east edge of Adel was fabricated by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland Ohio. The bridge served as the primary river crossing into Adel from the time it was erected in 1882 until 1932 when the U.S. Highway 6 [...]

Endangered: Carnegie Library

Built in 1916, this was one of the approximately 100 Carnegie libraries constructed in Iowa between 1892 and 1917. Reflecting the classical revival style with star-patterned windows, it served as the Greenfield Public Library until the mid-1990s. It is a contributing property to the Greenfield Public Square Historic District placed on the National Register of [...]

Endangered: Coggon School

This two-story brick school building was constructed in 1909 on the east edge of Coggon to replace a 1890 wooden structure on the same site. Cedar Rapids architect R.R. Mayberry designed the main section of the school which features ionic-style columns surrounding the original main entrance at the base of the tower. Additions to the [...]

Endangered: Rath Administration Building

This building in downtown Waterloo is one of two structures remaining from the sprawling Rath Packing Company complex that in 1941 was the largest packing plant in the United States. The original section designed by local architect John S. Hartley was built in 1925 and constructed by the John C. Miller Construction Company of Waterloo. [...]

Endangered: Des Moines River Navigation Company Locks

Built by the Des Moines River Navigation Company in 1852-53, Lock and Dam #6 was one of a series of locks and dams on the Des Moines River charted by the State of Iowa to make the river navigable. Although 27 were planned between Keokuk and Fort Des Moines only 6 were built before the [...]

Endangered: Beaconsfield Community Bldg (1st Hy-Vee Store)

Built around 1916, this single-story brick building on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets is the sole surviving commercial building on what was once the Beaconsfield town square. The building design features a large window front façade and is similar to many rural Iowa retail stores constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [...]

Endangered: St. Patrick Church

St. Patrick’s parish was organized in 1924 with the purpose of serving the growing Catholic community in northeast Council Bluffs as well as those who worked at Mercy Hospital nearby. Construction of the English Gothic style church was completed in 1926. The red granite cobblestones used in the church are purported to have originally paved [...]