Cole Contractors - Page 3

Cole Construction

Construction camp - click to enlarge

Living quarters on site

cooling off - click to enlarge
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Examples Of Cole-built Structures
(John, Lew, Ben, or Herman)

Ames Savings and Loan Building
Bridges
    Logan, Lincoln Highway
        (largest viaduct in Iowa)
    Mahaska County, Highway No. 2
        (longest bridge in Iowa on state highways)
City of Ames
     City Hall (formerly Ames High School)
     Filtration Plant & Reservoir
     Implement Shed
     Lincoln School addition
     Louise Crawford School (1930)
     Underpass on Grand Avenue (1938)
     Water Softening Building & Plant
College Savings Bank
Cranford Apartments
Duitch (Max) Garage
Fair Store (1895)
Fareway Grocery at 417 Kellogg (1938)
Iowa State College buildings
    Armory
    Chemistry
    Fraternities & Sororities
         Adelante
         Alpha Sigma Phi
         Beta Theta Pi
         Delta Delta Delta
         Delta Sigma Phi
         Gamma Phi Beta
         Kappa Delta
         Pi Kappa Alpha
         Sigma Phi Epsilon
         Sigma Sigma
     Memorial Union 4th & 5th floors
Knapp (Herman) residence
Lechner Building (formerly Adams Building)
McFarland Clinic at 313 5th Street
Octagon (formerly Masonic Building)
St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Lincoln Way
     (now demolished)
Sheldon-Munn Hotel addition to the west
Standard Oil Station
Tilden Building
Tribune Building
West Super Service Station
Yates Oil Co.

Memorial plaque at the north approach to the Grand Avenue underpass built by Ben Cole

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