Council Bluffs, IA Photos

Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a mixture of its Victorian core & two small railway museums: the Union Pacific Railroad Museum & the Railwest Museum in the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot.

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Grenville M. Dodge house (1869) (605 S. 3rd St.). On National Register.

Flower garden at Grenville M. Dodge house.

Victorian Main Street of Council Bluffs.

Creston House (1884) a commercial heritage building on Main Street.

Two Victorian Romanesque (1877 & 80) commercial heritage buildings on Main Street.

Pottawattamie County Squirrel Cage Jail (1885) in use till 1969 (226 Pearl St.). Architect: Eckel & Mann. On National Register.

Facade of Squirrel Cage Jail.

Union Pacific Railroad Museum (former free public library) (200 Pearl St.). Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Patton & Miller, J.C. & W. Woodward. On National Register.

Union Pacific Railroad Museum building with track maintenance car.

Railwest Museum (former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot) (1512 S. Main St.). Style: Romanesque. Architect: John Volk. On National Register.

Tower of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) steam locomotive 915 for Burlington Route at Railwest Museum.

Omaha Club passenger car of Burlington Route at Railwest Museum.

Burlington Route caboose at Railwest Museum.

Union Pacific steam locomotive 814 at Railwest Museum.

Union Pacific steam locomotive 814 at Railwest Museum.

Union Pacific U.S. Railway Post Office at Railwest Museum.

Rock Island caboose at Railwest Museum.


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