Thanks to Josh Moe for his remarkable leadership as Preservation Iowa President and Laura Sadowsky for her tireless work as Preservation Iowa Secretary. Their service to PI has been tremendous. Read all about Preservation Iowa’s work across the state (and even an advocacy trip to Washington DC! We look forward to new challenges and continued […]
As 2018 comes to a close, Preservation Iowa wants to thank all its members for a great year and to reflect upon our shared successes. Preservation Iowa sent board members to Le Mars to teach Preservation 101 classes and to Des Moines and Washington, DC to advocate for preservation-friendly policy. PI was a sponsor for […]
As we look back on 2016 Preservation has accomplished some very important things which affect the Preservation Community. Preservation Iowa has a core mission to advocate for the preservation of historic properties, districts, and other assets in Iowa. We have worked hard to encourage preservation and educational efforts through mini-grants, summits, seminars, advocacy with […]
2016 was an active year for Iowa’s National Register of Historic Places program. As of December, six new districts have been listed and 23 individual properties. Highlights include a water tower in Manning designed by Iowa State College engineering professor Anson Marston in 1903. The New Providence Building Association Stores in New Providence, home of what […]
In 2014 Preservation Iowa in Coordination with the Annual Iowa Historic Country School Conference started the Mini Grant Initiative. This Grant funding was established through the attendance of the Annual Country School Conference. The purpose of this grant was to aid Preservation Efforts in the preservation of Historic one and two room school houses, grounds, […]
2016 Most Endangered Property Designee Update Herring Hotel, Belle Plaine Submitted by Kristine Pope, Herring Hotel Building Alliance (HHBA) The last year (really two) have been a huge success for the Herring Hotel project. Little work has been done to the structure, yet we feel confident that this will be changing very soon. Through educational […]
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announced that more than $32 million in historic preservation tax credits have been registered for 14 different projects in eight communities across the state for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. The State Historic Preservation and Cultural & Entertainment District Tax Credit program provides an income tax credit of up […]
By Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock Preservation Iowa Board Member & Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the College of Design, Iowa State University Historic preservation education has a long history at Iowa State University, perhaps longer than many people realize. Preservation classes have been offered here intermittently for three decades. Most of these were taught […]