Bowers and McDonald Office Building

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Bowers and McDonald Office Building
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Location816 Commercial St.
Grinnell, Iowa
Coordinates 41°44′32″N92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W / 41.74222; -92.72472
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Built byR.G. Coutts
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
MPS Grinnell 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.