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Bus tour to shine spotlight on endangered historic schools in Cedar Rapids
23
Sep 2019

Bus tour to shine spotlight on endangered historic schools in Cedar Rapids

NOTE: Tickets for the School Bus Tour with Mark Stoffer Hunter will be sold for $10 each on a first-come, first-served basis during the Save..

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End of the line for another historic building in Cedar Rapids
26
Jul 2018

End of the line for another historic building in Cedar Rapids

By Cindy Hadish/Save CR Heritage Efforts to save a historic building on the Grant Wood Walking Tour in Cedar Rapids have ended. Most recently rented..

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Cedar Rapids to lose another piece of Grant Wood history to demolition
23
Jul 2017

Cedar Rapids to lose another piece of Grant Wood history to demolition

By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – A newly uncovered piece of history surrounding Iowa’s most famous artist will soon be lost, as Coe College moves..

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History Center to purchase former Cedar Rapids funeral home for new location
09
Sep 2014

History Center to purchase former Cedar Rapids funeral home for new location

By Cindy Hadish/Save CR Heritage CEDAR RAPIDS — A mansion once home to prominent residents in the city’s history, which later served as a place..

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New B Avenue historic district first in years for Cedar Rapids
28
Jan 2014

New B Avenue historic district first in years for Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS — For most of her life, Dixie Derby has lived on B Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids, but it wasn’t until recently that she..

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