Bowers and McDonald Office Building

Bowers and McDonald Office Building
Location 816 Commercial St.
Grinnell, Iowa
Coordinates 41°44′32″N 92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W / 41.74222; -92.72472Coordinates: 41°44′32″N 92°43′29″W / 41.74222°N 92.72472°W / 41.74222; -92.72472
Area less than one acre
Built 1896
Built by R.G. Coutts
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
MPS Grinnell MPS
NRHP Reference # 90001849[1]
Added to NRHP April 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. Its construction is attributed to R.G. Coutts, a native Scotland who settled in Grinnell in 1873, who was a stone cutter, mason, building contractor, and real-estate developer.[2] 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. 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. W.C. Page. "Bowers and McDonald Office Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-16.


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