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017_View showing the surroundings west and a little to the south of the Capitol Building

During the early 1900's the Capitol was surrounded by residential buildings as shown here.

016_Locust Street entrance to Capitol

Here is the same west view of the Capitol in 2010. There are no houses or businesses nearby. A large park sits in front of the Capitol down to East 9th and Locust. This view looks across 9th Street from Locust Street.

015_ View of Locust Street west of the Capitol

Note the streetcar going east on Locust Street toward the Capitol Building. There is also an automobile parked on the right side of the street. At that time, houses and other buildings were located very close to the steps of the Capitol.

014_Former heating plant location north of Capitol looking toward the Capitol

Here is the 2010 view of the heating plant north of the Capitol and across the street on Grand Avenue.

013_Another view of the heating plant north of the Capitol

This view shows the old heating plant north of the Capitol in the early 1900's. It is facing Grand Avenue north of the Capitol.

012_View of Capitol Heating Plant 523

This is a picture of the heating plant building in 2011 north and across the street from the Capitol on Grand Avenue.

011_Heating Plant north of the Capitol

This view shows the old heating plant north of the Capitol in the early 1900's.

010_View northeast of Capitol showing Capitol and Historical Building

This photo shows the back of the Ola Babcock Miller Building (formerly the Historical Building) in 2010 hidden by the the Vocational Rehabilitation Building facing Des Moines Street. This building replaces a house that was torn down.

009_Obstructed View of the Historical Building and Capitol

This photo shows a house on Des Moines Street that partially blocks the view of the back side of the Historical Building. You can also see the top part of the Capitol to the right and south of the Historical Building.

008_Historical Building

This is a photo of the former Historical Buildiing taken in the fall of 2010. It is now known as the Ola Babcock Miller Building and houses Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa, the Iowa Ombudsman's Office and Iowa Legislative Services…

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