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Council Bluffs was founded in the late 1840s as Kanesville by Mormons. When Brigham Young called all people of the faith outside of Utah to Salt Lake City in 1852, the community ceased to be majority Mormon. It was renamed Council Bluffs in 1853. The buildings here are among the earliest extant commercial buildings in the city. [2]
Council Bluffs: 31: St. Peter's Church and Rectory: St. Peter's Church and Rectory: July 24, 1992 : 1 Bluff St. Council Bluffs: 32: Sandwich–Marseilles Manufacturing Building: Sandwich–Marseilles Manufacturing Building: May 27, 2014
The 100 Block of West Broadway Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [ 1 ]
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [9] The population was 62,799 at the 2020 census, [6] making it the state's tenth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa.
In addition to residential architecture, there are two churches and the city's water works that are contributing properties: St. Mary and St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (c. 1925), the Council Bluffs Waterworks (reservoir, 1941 Works Progress Administration; pump house, 1947), and the Community of Christ Church (1951).
St. Peter's Parish traces its roots to a group of German women who formed an organization in 1884 to raise money for a Catholic church to serve the German community of Council Bluffs. The organization collected 25 cents monthly from each member. [2] At the time they belonged to the predominantly Irish St. Francis Xavier Parish. [3]
The Martin Hughes House is a historic building located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.It is an eclectic combination of Gothic Revival and Queen Anne architectural elements, with influences from the Neoclassical and the Stick styles. [2]
The first railroad arrived in the city in 1867, and by 1898 there were 11 truck line railroads that terminated here. That made Council Bluffs an excellent place for the transfer and distribution of goods. [2] Chicago based McCormick Harvesting Machine Company had this four-story brick structure built in 1894 as one of their branch houses. Those ...