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| Title | Forest Drive, A. B. Cummins Residence |
| Alternative Title | Residence of A. B. Cummins |
| Date of Photograph | 1914 |
| Description | This house on Forest Drive was built in 1884 and is still standing. It was home to Mr. Cummins and his wife Ida. A. B. Cummins was one of the original faculty of the Drake University College of Law. He was governor of Iowa from 1902 - 1908. He went on to serve in the U.S. Senate from 1908 until his death in 1926. In 1923 he succeeded Calvin Coolidge as president of the Senate. The house is listed on National Register of Historic Places. |
| Date of Construction | 1884 |
| Address | 2404 Forest Dr.
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| Current image | Click on the link below to view the Polk County Assessor's current image of the structure. (You will leave the Drake site, use your browser's back button to return to this page): http://www.assess.co.polk.ia.us/cgi-bin/seephoto/photosize.cgi?gp=782408102010&size=Medium |
| Subject | Houses
Historic buildings
Trees
Porches
Balconies
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| Original Item ID | v. 6, p. 4 |
| Repository | Special Collections, Cowles Library -- Drake University. |
| Repository Collection | Art Work of Des Moines -- Book Six
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| Original Item Description | Photographic print, 4.5 x 7 in. |
| Date Digital | 2005/04/24/05 |
| Restrictions | U.S. and International copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact: bart.schmidt@drake.edu |
| Publisher | Chicago, Il. : Gravure Illustration Co. |
| File # | dm0103 |
| Type | Image |
