B Avenue NE Historic District, Cedar Rapids

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The B Avenue NE Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 210 resources, which included 167 contributing buildings, and 43 non-contributing buildings. This is a working and middle-class neighborhood northeast of the campus of Coe College. It includes single-family dwellings, a church, and a school. The buildings are representative of various architectural styles and vernacular building forms popular from c. 1875 to 1963. The oldest house was built in 1873 and moved here in the early 20th century. Bungalow, Craftsman, and American Foursquare houses are dominant. A simple side-tower church, originally Central Park Presbyterian Church, was built in 1904. For the most part, architect-designed buildings are a rarity here. The houses are designs from pattern books. Cedar Rapids architect William J. Brown designed Benjamin Franklin Junior High School. ()

Coordinates: 41°59'35"N, 91°38'54"W

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B Avenue NE Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Paramount Theatre, Brucemore, Iowa Masonic Library and Museum.

1.3 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids
33 min walk • The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is a museum in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The museum is privately owned and was established in 1905.
1.5 miSW
Concerts and shows, Performing arts, Theater
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
38 min walk • The Paramount Theatre is a 1,693-seat Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
0.5 miE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Brucemore, Cedar Rapids
12 min walk • Brucemore, a park-like, 26-acre estate in the heart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the site of a Queen Anne-style mansion, formal gardens, a children's garden, night garden, pond, orchard, and woodland.
1 miSW
Museum, Library, History museum
Iowa Masonic Library and Museum, Cedar Rapids
25 min walk • The Iowa Masonic Library and Museum, located at 813 First Ave. SE, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, is one of the largest Masonic libraries in the world and incorporates at least three museum collections. The library was the first, worldwide, to have its own building.
1 miSW
Museum
Grant Wood Studio, Cedar Rapids
25 min walk • 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.
0.6 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Architecture
St. Paul United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids
15 min walk • St. Paul's United Methodist Church is located in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The Louis Sullivan-designed building has been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985. In 2000 it was included as a contributing property in the Second and Third Avenue Historic District.
1.2 miSW
Church
Bethel AME Church, Cedar Rapids
31 min walk • Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The congregation was established in either 1870 or 1871, which makes this the oldest historically African American church in the city.
1.1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids
30 min walk • The First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids, also called the Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1 miSW
41°58'53"N • 91°39'37"W
Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids
26 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
1.3 miSW
Memorial
Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids
35 min walk • The Veteran's Memorial Building is located on May's Island in the middle of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It is a contributing property to the May's Island Historic District that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
1.4 miSW
Neo-renaissance architecture
Iowa Building, Cedar Rapids
37 min walk • The Iowa Building is an historic structure located in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Which popular attractions are close to B Avenue NE Historic District?

Nearby attractions include William and Sue Damour House, Cedar Rapids (6 min walk), Redmond Park-Grande Avenue Historic District, Cedar Rapids (11 min walk), Brucemore, Cedar Rapids (12 min walk), Second and Third Avenue Historic District, Cedar Rapids (14 min walk).