Coordinates: 41°44′32″N 92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W / 41.74222; -92.72472

Bowers and McDonald Office Building

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Bowers and McDonald Office Building
Bowers and McDonald Office Building is located in Iowa
Bowers and McDonald Office Building
Bowers and McDonald Office Building is located in the United States
Bowers and McDonald Office Building
Location816 Commercial St.
Grinnell, Iowa
Coordinates41°44′32″N 92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W / 41.74222; -92.72472
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Built byR.G. Coutts
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
MPSGrinnell MPS
NRHP reference No.90001849[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1991

The Bowers and McDonald Office Building is a historic structure located in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. J.B. Bowers and M.W. McDonald had the building built as a speculative real-estate venture.

Located in the city's central business district, it was one of the buildings constructed after a fire leveled a portion of the district in 1889.

Its construction is attributed to R.G. Coutts, a native of Scotland who settled in Grinnell in 1873. He was a stone cutter, mason, building contractor, and real-estate developer.[2]

The two-story, brick structure has a main facade of stone veneer, and features Richardsonian Romanesque styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ W.C. Page. "Bowers and McDonald Office Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-16.


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