Grant Wood Cultural District
The Grant Wood Cultural District is a historic district in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa that was certified in 2010 by the Iowa State Historical Society.[1]
It includes Grant Wood's studio, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Veterans Memorial Building, the U.S. Cellular Center, and numerous other points of interest.[2]
It includes "a natural chain of sites beginning with the Masonic Library and 5 Turner Alley east of the Cedar River, past the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and new Cedar Rapids Public Library location, Paramount Theatre, Orchestra Iowa, Mays Island and over to the west side of the Cedar River where the proposed Amphitheatre will be located."[3] Note: 5 Turner Alley was Grant Wood's studio[4]
See also
- Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District, historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, near Viola, Iowa
References
- ↑ Dave Dewitte (6/12/2010). "Historical Society certifies C.R. cultural district". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA). Check date values in:
|date=(help); - ↑ Nollen, Diane (July 12, 2010). "A sense of place, pride". McClatchy - Tribune Business News.
- ↑ "State Certifies Grant Wood Cultural District in Downtown Cedar Rapids". Targeted News Service. June 11, 2010.
- ↑ Grant Wood Studio
External links
- for more info and project updates, per press release
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.