The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Grand Junction took its name from its position at the junction of the Keokuk and Des Moines and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads. Grand Junction was incorporated in 1873.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grand Junction’s history is told.
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Grand Junction, decade by decade
Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
4 historic places in Grand Junction
4 places in Grand Junction are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Iowaby listings · most towns there have none
4places listed1 building · 3 districts
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
4historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1986first listedFrantz Round Barn · newest: Lincoln Highway-West Beaver Creek Abandoned Segment, 1993
Where they are
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BuildingsDistricts
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Grand Junction’s busiest decade was the 1990s.
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Listed 1986Frantz Round BarnListed 1993Lincoln Highway-Buttrick's Creek to Grand Junction SegmentListed 1993Lincoln Highway-Grand Junction SegmentListed 1993Lincoln Highway-West Beaver Creek Abandoned Segment
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.