By Cindy Hadish Rae Jeanne Kilberger fondly remembers her days attending Stony Point School in Linn County, Iowa. Kilberger attended the one-room school from the time she was 10, when her family moved to a nearby farm, until she graduated from eighth grade in the early 1950s. “There were 23 of us,” she said of […]
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Cedar Rapids Country Club offers homes t...
By Cindy Hadish/Save CR Heritage CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Four homes that are set to be removed to make way for a tennis facility are being offered free to anyone able to move them. The Cedar Rapids Country Club will demolish the homes, at 418, 424, 430 and 444 Fairway Terrace SE, all built between […]
“Economic sense” Iconic building to be r
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Plans are underway to transform a site where neighbors turned out in force against a proposed convenience store into the headquarters for Eastern Iowa Food Service and a Dunkin’ shop. The former BetterLife building, 1900 First Ave. NE, built as headquarters for the Western Fraternal Life Association in 1958, would have […]
CR City Council allows Country Club prop...
UPDATE June 14, 2022 — Ignoring concerns raised by two residents at the June 14 Cedar Rapids City Council meeting, as well as 117 petition signatures and letters written in opposition to the project, the five council members who did not recuse themselves voted unanimously in favor of both the Country Club’s rezoning and to […]
First lob hit in Country Club rezoning r...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids Country Club’s request to rezone property for a new tennis facility is on hold, for now. With only five members voting due to conflicts with four City Council members, the council voted to table the club’s request to rezone more than 184 acres at 27th Street Drive SE, […]
On the brink of demolition, one of Iowa’
MARION, Iowa — After sustaining damage in Iowa’s 2020 hurricane-strength derecho, the historic Methodist Church in Marion was written off by most. Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly was not one of them. “Everyone was resigned to the fact that it was going to be demolished,” AbouAssaly said. “It was keeping me up at night, but I […]
Queen Anne Victorian home in Iowa offere...
UPDATE: The home is scheduled to be moved to a new site in June 2023. Learn more: Queen Anne home prepared for move in Iowa NORTH LIBERTY — A Queen Anne Victorian that has stood the test of time in North Liberty needs to find a new home. Built in 1892 for the Jacob and […]
Haunting final photos of The Mill in Iow...
IOWA CITY — An iconic music venue met its end on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, as a demolition crew razed The Mill, a mainstay in Iowa City since 1962. Owner Marc Moen plans to build a new performance venue on the site, at 120 E. Burlington St. “While we cannot preserve the old structure of […]
End is near for iconic Iowa City venue
IOWA CITY — The days appear to be numbered for The Mill, an iconic music venue and restaurant in downtown Iowa City. Related: Preservationists pore through the past to save The Mill A demolition permit has been posted for the site, at 120 E. Burlington St. A representative of the demolition company, who declined to […]
Cedar Rapids leaders take sledgehammer t...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — City leaders used sledgehammers to mark the beginning of a multi-million dollar project that will replace a century of history with a four-story apartment complex. Taking swings at the solid brick Banjo Refrigeration building, constructed in 1910, no one made a dent until Mayor Brad Hart cracked a window during the […]