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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 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.
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).
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 ...
Iowa State Highway Commission, District 6 Building: January 17, 2017 : 430 16th Ave., SW. Cedar Rapids: 58: Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse: Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse
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 ...
Brucemore, a park-like, 26-acre (110,000 m 2) estate in the heart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the site of a Queen Anne-style mansion, formal gardens, a children's garden, night garden, pond, orchard, and woodland. Built between 1884 and 1886 by Caroline Sinclair, widow of pioneer industrialist T.M. Sinclair, Brucemore has been home to three ...
His birthplace cottage was built in the spring of 1871 at the corner of Penn and Downey Streets. The two-room cottage, built for recent settlers Jesse Clark Hoover and his wife Hulda, was only 14 by 20 feet (4.3 m × 6.1 m) and had two rooms. Jesse and Hulda were both Quakers. Jesse was a blacksmith, and opened a shop shortly after settling.