This house on Grand Avenue was the home of H. H. Polk and his wife Alice. Mr. Polk was President and General Manager of the Inter-Urban Railroad Co. The house is no longer standing. Current site of the international headquarters for the P.E.O…
This house on Grand Avenue was the home of F. A. Spencer. Mr. Spencer was the manager of The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. The house is no longer standing. Current site of an apartment complex.
This house on Grand Avenue was the home of B. F. Kauffman and his wife Mell. Mr. Kauffman was a proprietor of Witmer and Kauffman, General Insurance and Real Estate. Later he became president and director of the Bankers Trust Company. He also served…
View looking southwest across the Des Moines River. visible in the image are (from the left) the Walnut Street Bridge and the Locust Street Bridge. Buildings on the west bank of the river include (from left to right): Brown-Hurley Hardware Co., the…
This house on Waterbury Road was built in 1913 and is still standing. It was the home of Chas. H. Weitz. Mr. Weitz was the president of the Century Lumber Company. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
