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Iowa City homes for Black students join National Register
The Tate Arms and the Iowa Federation Home on Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue in Iowa City are listed on the National Register of Historic Places after a 2017 grant backed nomination. Architectural historian Richard Carlson documented African American student housing and city demographics from 1910 to 1950, highlighting segregation patterns centered in the 1st Ward.
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Iowa City
Tate Arms
S. Dubuque St
Iowa Federation
Iowa Ave
University of Iowa
National Park Service
National Register
Richard Carlson
Washington Street
Highway 6
Gilbert Street
Iowa River
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Elizabeth
Junious Tate