Workers attempt to install water pump at Voxman Music Building as floodwater overtakes sandbag wall on Friday, June 13, 2008. The effort was too little, too late, as the sandbag wall was not enough to hold back the Iowa River floodwaters.
Workers attempt to install water pump at Voxman Music Building as floodwater overtakes sandbag wall on Friday, June 13, 2008. The effort was too little, too late, as the sandbag wall was not enough to hold back the Iowa River floodwaters.
Close Hall was dedicated in 1890 and located on the northwest corner of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue, the present location of the Biology Building. It originally housed the YM and YWCA and later housed the Journalism Department before being…