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The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) is a museum and library of Czech and Slovak history and culture located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. Established in 1974, the museum and library moved to its present site in 1983. The museum and library was severely affected by the Iowa flood of 2008. In 2012, rebuilding and ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Iowa provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Iowa, where 101 public libraries were built from 99 grants (totaling $1,495,706) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1892 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $210,000).
The new Cedar Rapids Public Library opened to the public on August 24, 2013. More than 8,000 people attended opening day festivities. In the first year of service, the new library saw over 660,000 visits from the community, and over 100,000 people used the meeting room spaces, including the new 200-seat Whipple Auditorium.
It has remained in Cedar Rapids ever since. The Masonic Library is now "at least one of the top five [Masonic libraries in the world], with over 100,000 volumes. Both Masonic and general books are included in the collections and the library is open to anyone, whether Masons or not." [2] [3] The library was the location in 2008 of the Masonic ...
Cedar Rapids: 23: Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station: Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station: April 29, 2014 : 427 1st St., SE: Cedar Rapids: 24: Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company: Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company: May 8, 2017
Cedar Rapids: Linn: East: Education: One-room schoolhouse, operated by the Linn County Conservation Board Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin: Arnolds Park: Dickinson: West: Historic house: Operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, restored to 1856 appearance, history of 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre: Ackley Heritage Center: Ackley: Hardin: Central ...
Cedar Rapids: Office - Tallest building outside of Des Moines 10: Iowa State Capitol: 275 (84) 4: 1884: Des Moines: Government 11: CenturyLink Complex: 273 (83) 15: 1928: Des Moines: Office 12: Davenport Bank and Trust: 255 (77) 19: 1927: Davenport: Office/Residential - Tallest Building outside of Des Moines and Cedar Rapids 13: Register and ...
Advantage Archives LLC is a digital archiving service based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Established in 2018, [ 1 ] it digitizes microform , newspapers, books and documents. [ 2 ] The results are stored in a community history archive, which is freely accessible.