The Bowers and McDonald Office Building is a historic structure located in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. J.B. Bowers and M.W. McDonald had the building built as a speculative real-estate venture.
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| Location | 816 Commercial St. Grinnell, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′32″N 92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Built by | R.G. Coutts |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| MPS | Grinnell MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001849[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1991 |
Located in the city's central business district, it was one of the buildings constructed after a fire leveled a portion of the district in 1889.
Its construction is attributed to R.G. Coutts, a native of Scotland who settled in Grinnell in 1873. He was a stone cutter, mason, building contractor, and real-estate developer.[2]
The two-story, brick structure has a main facade of stone veneer, and features Richardsonian Romanesque styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ W.C. Page. "Bowers and McDonald Office Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
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